Continuity between eastern and western Bushveld Complex, South Africa, confirmed by xenoliths from kimberlite

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-107

  Webb, Susan J ^a   Ashwal, Lewis D ^a   Cawthorn, R Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushveld; Kimberlite; Layered intrusion; Pyroxenite; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GEOMETRY; KIMBERLITE; LAYERED INTRUSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTCROP; PYROXENITE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; VOLCANIC ROCK; XENOLITH;

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79958122863     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0586-z     Document Type: Article

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