The Marinkas Quellen carbonatite complex, southern Namibia: carbonatite magmatism with an uncontaminated depleted mantle signature in a continental setting

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 201-212

  Smithies, R H ^a   Marsh, J S ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; DEPLETED MANTLE; MAGMATISM;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 34547556525     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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