A chill sequence to the bushveld complex: Insight into the first stage of emplacement and implications for the parental magmas

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1123-1168

  Wilson, Allan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushveld complex; Chill margins; Komatiite; Primitive magma; Subducted ocean crust

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; KOMATIITE; MAGMA; OCEANIC CRUST; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; SUBDUCTION;

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

SPINIFEX;

EID: 84861810606     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egs011     Document Type: Article

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