Plagioclase content of cyclic units in the Bushveld complex, South Africa

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-60

  Cawthorn, R Grant ^a   Spies, Liana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; CHROMITITE; CYCLICITY; LAYERED INTRUSION; NORITE; PETROLOGY; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROXENITE;

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0038418027     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-002-0431-0     Document Type: Article

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