Bushveld igneous complex wikipedia audio article youtube. Bushveld definition is veld of southern africa with abundant shrubby and often thorny vegetation. Gly 163 earth history the bushveld igneous complex plus vredefort impact and. Regional geology map of the bushveld complex compiled from various. This is the preface to a special issue on various aspects of the bushveld complex, transvaal basin, south africa. The geology is described briefly assuming familiarity on the part of the reader. The bushveld igneous complex bic is the largest layered igneous intrusion within the earths crust. Zamani addmore dube 0303958g thesis submitted to the faculty of.
Large igneous intrusions layering is thought to represent an upwardaggrading crystal pile. We offer a variety of subscriptions to our magazine, website, pdf reports and our photo library. The palaeoproterozoic bushveld complex has been studied in detail in the last century, primarily because of the. Construction expos in south africa recommended for you.
Space images bushveld igneous complex, south africa. Pdf the zonal nomenclature of the bushveld complex relegated to informal status by the south african committee for stratigraphy 1980. It has been tilted and eroded forming the outcrops around what appears to be the edge of a. Novel hypothesis for origin of massive chromitites in the bushveld. Media in category bushveld igneous complex the following files are in this category, out of total. They suggested that crystalfree melt replenishes a magma chamber and crystallizes into a thick pile of crystalrich slurry. Minerals free fulltext the merensky cyclic unit, bushveld. Bushveld igneous complex of the transvaal gsa bulletin. Bushveld igneous complex geologic map and mine locations. The bushveld complex, south africa figure 1 is well known as one of the worlds largest igneous complexes and is of significant importance.
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