Anorogenic Gross Spitzkoppe granite stock in central western Namibia: Part I. Petrology and geochemistry

American Mineralogist

Volumn 89, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 841-856

  Frindt, Stephen ^a   Haapala, Ilmari ^a   Pakkanen, Lassi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; CHLORINE; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FLUORSPAR; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEVEES; MAGNETITE; MICA; OXIDE MINERALS; PARALLEL FLOW; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RARE EARTHS; SILICA; SILICATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOPAZ; ZIRCON;

ACCESSORY MINERALS; EARLY CRETACEOUS; FLUID SATURATIONS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL VARIATIONS; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENTS; MIAROLITIC CAVITY; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

GRANITE;

GRANITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; PETROLOGY;

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

EID: 2942610422     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2004-5-619     Document Type: Article

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