A felsic end to Bushveld differentiation

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1891-1912

  Vantongeren, Jill A ^a,b   Mathez, Edmonda A ^b   Kelemen, Peter B ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; MELTS; Parent magma; Rashoop Granophyre; Rooiberg lavas; UUMZ

Indexed keywords

AGE; FELSIC ROCK; GRANOPHYRE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA; ORTHOPYROXENE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77956130432     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egq042     Document Type: Article

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