Cr and Sr: Keys to parental magmas and processes in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Lithos

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 381-398

  Cawthorn, R Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; Cr; Orthopyroxene compositions; Parental magmas; Plagioclase compositions; Sr

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMIUM; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAGMA; ORTHOPYROXENE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLAGIOCLASE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

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

EID: 34147124484     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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