The Phalaborwa Syenite Intrusions along the West-Central Boundary of the Kruger National Park
Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The Phalaborwa Syenite Intrusions along the West-Central Boundary of the Kruger National Park | |
| Creator | Frick, C. | |
| Description | The geology of the Phalaborwa Complex is described and emphasis placed on the distribution of the large number of syenite intrusions. The petrography of the different textural types of syenites is discussed and it is shown that porphyritic, granular, gneissic and hypidiomorphic syenites are present. The petrography shows that the deformation textures, which are present in some of the syenites, may have formed during the emplacement of syenitic magmas which contained a high concentration of crystals. The geochemistry of the syenites is discussed and it is shown that they were not derived from an alkali basaltic magma through fractional crystallisation, but that they may rather represent alkali basaltic magmas which were contaminated by granitic material. The mode of emplacement of the Phalaborwa Complex is discussed and the relationship between the pyroxenites is explained. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 1986-11-27 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/koedoe.v29i1.519 | |
| Source | Koedoe; Vol 29, No 1 (1986); 45-58 2071-0771 0075-6458 | |
| Language | eng | |
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