Architecture of Continental Rifts with Special Reference to East Africa

1987/05/01 by B R Rosendahl, Bruce R. Rosendahl · 6 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.ea.15.050187.002305

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Abstract

Carbonatites are igneous rocks formed in the crust by fractional crystallization of carbonate-rich parental melts that are mostly mantle derived. They dominantly consist of carbonate minerals such as calcite, dolomite, and ankerite, as well as minor ...Read More

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