Enigmatic textures developed along plagioclase-augite grain boundaries at the base of the Main Zone, Northern Limb, Bushveld Complex - Evidence for late stage melt infiltration into a nearly solidified crystal mush

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-46

  Roelofse, F ^a   Ashwal, L D ^b   Pineda Vargas, C A ^c,d   Przybylowicz, W J ^c,e  

^a Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c MATERIALS RESEARCH GROUP   (South Africa)

^d CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^e AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGITE; CLINOPYROXENE; CRYSTAL; INFILTRATION; MAGMA; MELT; ORTHOPYROXENE; PLAGIOCLASE; TEXTURE;

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

EID: 67650837950     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.112.1.39     Document Type: Article

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