Petrography and geochemistry of the Singo granite, Uganda, and implications for its origin

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 73-87

  Nagudi, Betty ^a   Koeberl, Christian ^a   Kurat, Gero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Buganda Toro; Crustal melting; Fractional crystallization; Singo granite; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CRUST; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; MELTING; PETROGRAPHY; SOURCE ROCK;

UGANDA;

EID: 0037867620     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(03)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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