Geochemical character and petrogenesis of Pan-African Amspoort suite of the Boundary Igneous Complex in the Kaoko Belt (NW Namibia)

Gondwana Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 688-707

  Janousek V ^a,b   Konopasek J ^a,b   Ulrich, S ^b,c   Erban, V ^a   Tajcmanova L ^a,d   Jerabek P ^a,b  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary Igneous Complex; Damara Orogeny; Kaoko Belt, Namibia; Pan African; Whole rock geochemistry

Indexed keywords

DIABASE; GRANITE; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS;

KAOKO BELT; NAMIBIA;

EID: 77956460553     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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