Intrusive origin for Upper Group (UG1, UG2) stratiform chromitite seams in the Dwars River area, Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 75-94

  Voordouw, Ronald ^a,b   Gutzmer, Jens ^a,c   Beukes, Nicolas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; PETROGENESIS; PETROGRAPHY; SILICATE MINERAL;

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 70949098465     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-009-0072-3     Document Type: Article

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