Petrography and geochemistry of granitoid rocks in the Northern part of Tete Province, Mozambique

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn 2008, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 167-189

  Mäkitie, Hannu ^a   Lehtonen, Matti I ^a   Manninen, Tuomo ^a   Marques, João M ^b   Cune, Grácio ^c   Mavíe, Hilário ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Gondwana Empreendimentos e Consultorias Limitada   (Mozambique)

^c National Directorate of Geology   (Mozambique)

^d Ministry of Mineral Resources   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Classification; Granites; Granodiorites; Mesoproterozoic; Mozambique; Phanerozoic; Proterozoic; Quartz monzonite; Quartz syenite; Tete

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; MONZONITE; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SYENITE; TEXTURE; TONALITE;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TETE;

EID: 50549100067     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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