Oxygen and hydrogen isotope stratigraphy of the Rustenburg Layered Suite, Bushveld Complex: Constraints on crustal contamination

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 579-601

  Harris, Chris ^a,b   Pronost, Julie J M ^b,c   Ashwal, Lewis D ^d   Cawthorn, R Grant ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; Crustal contamination; Hydrogen isotopes; Oxygen isotopes; Rustenberg Layered Suite

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAYERED INTRUSION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14744284478     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egh089     Document Type: Article

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