Filling the Bushveld Complex magma chamber: Lateral expansion, roof and floor interaction, magmatic unconformities, and the formation of giant chromitite, PGE and Ti-V-magnetitite deposits

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 451-472

  Kruger, F Johan ^a  

^a Moruo Mineralogical Services   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushveld complex; Chromitite; Differentiation; Layered intrusion; Magma influxes; Magma mixing; PGE mineralisation; Stratigraphy; Unconformities

Indexed keywords

LAYERED INTRUSION; MAGMA CHAMBER; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 29544441093     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0016-8     Document Type: Article

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