Textures of orthopyroxenites from the Burgersfort bulge of the eastern Bushveld Complex, Republic of South Africa

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 480-492

  Williams, E ^a   Boudreau, A E ^a   Boorman, S ^a,b   Kruger, F J ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Moruo Mineralogical Services   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushveld complex; Igneous compaction; Igneous textures

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC ROCK; ORTHOPYROXENE; TEXTURE;

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

EID: 33645028757     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-006-0072-9     Document Type: Article

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