[HTML][HTML] Layered intrusions: Fundamentals, novel observations and concepts, and controversial issues
Layered intrusions are fossilized natural laboratories that historically have constrained many
fundamental principles of igneous petrology. Layered intrusions are typically stratiform …
fundamental principles of igneous petrology. Layered intrusions are typically stratiform …
[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in MC-ICP-MS applications in Earth and environmental sciences: Challenges and solutions
The development of multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-
MS) in 1992 opened up new opportunities for geochemical, mineral exploration, and …
MS) in 1992 opened up new opportunities for geochemical, mineral exploration, and …
The Bushveld Complex was emplaced and cooled in less than one million years–results of zirconology, and geotectonic implications
A Zeh, M Ovtcharova, AH Wilson… - Earth and Planetary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Rustenburg Layered Suite (RLS) of the Bushveld Complex (BC) represents
Earth's oldest large igneous province (> 370 000 km 3), and contains the world's largest …
Earth's oldest large igneous province (> 370 000 km 3), and contains the world's largest …
Reassessing the uranium decay constants for geochronology using ID-TIMS U–Pb data
As the internal precision of radiometric dates approaches the 0.1% level, systematic biases
between different methods have become apparent. Many workers have suggested that …
between different methods have become apparent. Many workers have suggested that …
Large igneous provinces (LIPs) and carbonatites
RE Ernst, K Bell - Mineralogy and Petrology, 2010 - Springer
There is increasing evidence that many carbonatites are linked both spatially and temporally
with large igneous provinces (LIPs), ie high volume, short duration, intraplate-type …
with large igneous provinces (LIPs), ie high volume, short duration, intraplate-type …
The Bushveld Complex, South Africa: formation of platinum–palladium, chrome-and vanadium-rich layers via hydrodynamic sorting of a mobilized cumulate slurry in a …
Platinum-group element (PGE) deposits in the Bushveld Complex and other layered
intrusions form when large, incompletely solidified magma chambers undergo central …
intrusions form when large, incompletely solidified magma chambers undergo central …
U–Pb geochronology documents out-of-sequence emplacement of ultramafic layers in the Bushveld Igneous Complex of South Africa
JE Mungall, SL Kamo, S McQuade - Nature Communications, 2016 - nature.com
Layered intrusions represent part of the plumbing systems that deliver vast quantities of
magma through the Earth's crust during the formation of large igneous provinces, which …
magma through the Earth's crust during the formation of large igneous provinces, which …
Archaean to Proterozoic crustal evolution in the central zone of the Limpopo Belt (South Africa–Botswana): constraints from combined U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope …
A combined set of U–Pb and Lu–Hf in sit u laser ablation ICP-(MC)-MS zircon analyses were
obtained from orthogneisses and granitoids in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, which …
obtained from orthogneisses and granitoids in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, which …
Precise age of the platiniferous Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa, by the U-Pb zircon chemical abrasion ID-TIMS technique
JS Scoates, RM Friedman - Economic Geology, 2008 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Bushveld Complex, South Africa, is the world's largest layered intrusion and
host to the majority of the known resources of platinum group elements, chromium, and …
host to the majority of the known resources of platinum group elements, chromium, and …
Dating the Bushveld Complex: timing of crystallization, duration of magmatism, and cooling of the world's largest layered intrusion and related rocks
Abstract The Paleoproterozoic Bushveld Complex, including the world's largest layered
intrusion and host to world-class stratiform chromium, platinum group element, and …
intrusion and host to world-class stratiform chromium, platinum group element, and …