Fluid overpressure in layered intrusions: Formation of a breccia pipe in the Eastern Bushveld Complex, Republic of South Africa

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 356-369

  Boorman, Sonja L ^a   McGuire, James B ^b   Boudreau, Alan E ^a   Kruger, F Johann ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breccia pipe; Bushveld Complex; Fluidization; Overpressure

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; FLUIDIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAGMA CHAMBER; OVERPRESSURE;

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0037728994     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-002-0312-5     Document Type: Article

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