Spinel lherzolite xenoliths from the Premier kimberlite (Kaapvaal craton, South Africa): Nature and evolution of the shallow upper mantle beneath the Bushveld complex

Lithos

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 185-205

  Grégoire, Michel ^a   Tinguely, C ^a   Bell, D R ^b   le Roex, A P ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushveld; Kaapvaal craton; Mantle metasomatism; Mantle xenoliths; Spinel lherzolites; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

KIMBERLITE; LHERZOLITE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; METASOMATISM; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

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

EID: 25144448074     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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