Geochemical constraints of the petrogenesis of the O'okiep Koperberg Suite and granitic plutons in Namaqualand, South Africa: A crustal source in Namaquan (Grenville) times

Precambrian Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 116-142

  Duchesne, Jean Clair ^a   Auwera, Jacqueline Vander ^a   Liégeois, Jean Paul ^a,b   Barton, Erika S ^c   Clifford, Tom N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c School of Geosciences   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Cu sulphides; Granite plutonism; Jotunite; Namaquan orogeny; Sr and Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; CUMULATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JOTUNITE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEANIC CRUST; PELITE; PETROGENESIS; PLUTON; SHOSHONITE; SOURCE ROCK; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

AFRICA; GRENVILLE OROGEN; NAMAQUALAND; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846243846     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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