Petrographic, geochemical and SHRIMP U-Pb titanite age characterization of the Thabazimbi mafic sills: Extended time frame and a unifying petrogenetic model for the Bushveld Large Igneous Province
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2013
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Rajesh, H.M.
Chisonga, B C
Shindo, K
Beukes, N.J.
Armstrong, Richard
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Mafic sills occur within and in the vicinity of the Thabazimbi iron ore deposit, near the northern edge of the western limb of the Bushveld Complex. The sills are hosted in the 2.46. Ga Penge Iron Formation of the Transvaal Supergroup. The gabbroic sills
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Keywords: biotite; clinopyroxene; crustal contamination; feldspar; gabbro; geochemistry; igneous intrusion; igneous province; partial melting; petrography; plagioclase; Proterozoic; SHRIMP dating; sill; titanite; uranium-lead dating; Limpopo; South Africa; Thabazim Bushveld large igneous province; Crustal contamination; High-Ti and low-Ti groups; Paleoproterozoic gabbroic sills; Petrogenetic model; Sub-continental lithospheric mantle
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Precambrian Research
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