Anorogenic Gross Spitzkoppe granite stock in central western Namibia: Part II. Structures and textures indicating crystallization from undercooled melt

American Mineralogist

Volumn 89, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 857-866

  Frindt, Stephen ^a   Haapala, Ilmari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL CUTTING; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FELDSPAR; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEVEES; MORPHOLOGY; TEXTURES;

ALKALI FELDSPAR; CONTINENTAL RIFTING; DIFFUSION CONTROLLED; GRAIN MORPHOLOGIES; GROWTH FROM UNDERCOOLED MELT; MINERAL COMPOSITION; UNDERCOOLED MELT; UNIDIRECTIONAL CRYSTAL;

GRANITE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIKE SWARM; GRANITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2942550402     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2004-5-620     Document Type: Article

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