Mitchell, Andrew A., Eales, Hugh V., Johan Kruger, F. (1998) Magma replenishment, and the significance of poikilitic texlures, in the Lower Main Zone of the western Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine, 62 (4) 435-450 doi:10.1180/002646198547783
| Reference Type | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Magma replenishment, and the significance of poikilitic texlures, in the Lower Main Zone of the western Bushveld Complex, South Africa | ||
| Journal | Mineralogical Magazine | ISSN | 0026-461X |
| Authors | Mitchell, Andrew A. | Author | |
| Eales, Hugh V. | Author | ||
| Johan Kruger, F. | Author | ||
| Year | 1998 (August) | Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 | ||
| Publisher | Mineralogical Society | ||
| Download URL | https://rruff.info/doclib/MinMag/Volume_62/62-4-435.pdf+ | ||
| DOI | doi:10.1180/002646198547783Search in ResearchGate | ||
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 293 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:293:2 |
| GUID | 0 | ||
| Full Reference | Mitchell, Andrew A., Eales, Hugh V., Johan Kruger, F. (1998) Magma replenishment, and the significance of poikilitic texlures, in the Lower Main Zone of the western Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine, 62 (4) 435-450 doi:10.1180/002646198547783 | ||
| Plain Text | Mitchell, Andrew A., Eales, Hugh V., Johan Kruger, F. (1998) Magma replenishment, and the significance of poikilitic texlures, in the Lower Main Zone of the western Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine, 62 (4) 435-450 doi:10.1180/002646198547783 | ||
| Abstract/Notes | Abstract Petrographic and compositional variations in the Lower Main Zone (LMZ) of the western Bushveld Complex indicate changing regimes of magma replenishment. The lowermost unit of the LMZ, designated N-I, is an enigmatic sequence of leuconoritic cumulates, characterized primarily by up-sequence increases in both orthopyroxene Mg# and whole-rock Sr isotope initial ratio. The Sr isotope profile of N-I is ascribed to injection and progressive integration of small influxes of fresh magma with high (Main Zone-type) Sr isotope initial ratios. The basal Fe-enrichment in N-I, on the other hand, is ascribed to a separate, later mechanism involving the downward migration of late-stage Fe-rich liquids. The overlying two units, N-II and G-I, delineated chiefly in terms of basal Mg-enrichment of orthopyroxene, are ascribed to injections of fresh magma into the chamber. Poikilitic orthopyroxene grains in the basal parts of both N-II and G-I suggest entrainment and partial resorption of plagioclase grains from the semi-crystalline resident material into which the fresh magma was intruded. | ||
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