Trapped intercumulus liquid in the Main Zone of the eastern Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 352-369

  Lundgaard, K L ^a,b   Tegner, Christian ^a   Cawthorn, R G ^c   Kruger, F J ^d   Wilson, J R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d Moruo Mineralogical Services   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID; MINERALOGY; ORTHOPYROXENE; PLAGIOCLASE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

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

EID: 33645573204     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-006-0063-x     Document Type: Article

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