Petrology and geochemistry of post-kinematic mafic rocks from the Paleoproterozoic Ubendian belt, NE Katanga (Democratic Republic of Congo)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 345-362

  Kapenda, D ^a   Kampunzu, A B ^a,d   Cabanis, B ^b   Namegabe, M ^c   Tshimanga, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LUBUMBASHI   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Congo; Continental tholeiites; Geochemistry; Lithosphere; Paleoproterozoic; Post orogenic; Subduction enrichment; Ubendian

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749126675     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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