The bushveld complex

HV Eales, RG Cawthorn - Developments in petrology, 1996 - Elsevier
The layered mafic rocks of the Bushveld Complex are derived from three magmatic lineages-
a lower part comprising the Lower and Critical Zones which crystallized from high-Mg and-Si …

Cyclicity in the Main and Upper Zones of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: crystallization from a zoned magma sheet

C Tegner, RG Cawthorn, FJ Kruger - Journal of Petrology, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The major element composition of plagioclase, pyroxene, olivine, and magnetite, and whole-
rock 87Sr/86Sr data are presented for the uppermost 2· 1 km of the layered mafic rocks …

Caveats in defining the magmas parental to the mafic rocks of the Bushveld Complex, and the manner of their emplacement: review and commentary

HV Eales - Mineralogical Magazine, 2002 - cambridge.org
The composition of magmas proposed as parental to the layered suite of the Bushveld
Complex, and some models for the manner of their emplacement, are reviewed briefly …

Platinum group element, chromium, and vanadium deposits in mafic and ultramafic rocks

RG Cawthorn, SJ Barnes, C Ballhaus, KN Malitch - 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Most deposits of platinum group elements (PGE), chromite, and vanadiferous magnetite
occur in mafic intrusions. Several represent some of the most laterally continuous and …

The timing of sulfide segregation in a Variscan synorogenic gabbroic layered intrusion (Beja, Portugal): Implications for Ni-Cu-PGE exploration in orogenic settings

AP Jesus, A Mateus, M Benoit, CCG Tassinari… - Ore Geology …, 2020 - Elsevier
A growing number of magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposits discovered in orogenic environments
has renewed the interest on this category and reinforced that most orogenic mafic magmas …

Immiscible iron-and silica-rich liquids in the Upper Zone of the Bushveld Complex

LA Fischer, M Wang, B Charlier, O Namur… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Bushveld Complex (South Africa) is the largest layered intrusion on Earth and
plays a considerable role in our understanding of magmatic differentiation and ore-forming …

Strontium isotopic evidence against magma addition in the Upper Zone of the Bushveld Complex

FJ Kruger, RG Cawthorn, KL Walsh - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 1987 - Elsevier
Sr-isotopic data from the Main and Upper Zones of the Bushveld Complex show that the
evolution of the Upper Zone started with a large influx of magma close to the level of the …

Pulses of plagioclase-laden magmas and stratigraphic evolution in the Upper Zone of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Q Yuan, O Namur, LA Fischer, RJ Roberts… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Cumulate rocks of the Upper Main Zone and Upper Zone (UUMZ) of the Bushveld Complex,
South Africa, contain the world's major resources of Fe–Ti–V±P, hosted in Ti-magnetite and …

Ilmenite-apatite enrichments in the Upper Zone of the Bushveld Complex: a major titanium-rock phosphate resource

G Von Gruenewaldt - International Geology Review, 1993 - Taylor & Francis
Detailed modal analyses of apatite-enriched layers in the upper 1000 m of cumulates of the
Upper Zone have shown them to contain appreciable quantities of granular ilmenite. This …

The Tepsi Ultrabasic Intrusion, the Northern Part of the Lapland–Belomorian Belt, Kola Peninsula, Russia

AY Barkov, AA Nikiforov, RF Martin, SA Silyanov… - Minerals, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Tepsi ultrabasic body is located in the northeastern Fennoscandian Shield close to the
junction of the Serpentinite Belt–Tulppio Belt (SB–TB) with suites of the Lapland …