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Bushveld Igneous Complex

The Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) is the largest layered igneous intrusion within the Earth's crust. It has been tilted and eroded forming the outcrops around what appears to be the edge of a great geological basin: the Transvaal Basin. It is approximately two billion years old and is divided into four limbs or lobes: northern, eastern, southern and…

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Bushveld Igneous Complex

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related to Faults and Shear Structures · 27
Bushveld Igneous Complex → BIC, Brits Shear Zone, BSZ, Economic, Jagersfontein Shear Zone, JSZ, Klerksdorp Shear Zone, KSZ, Metamorphic, Mineralization, Olifants River Shear Zone, ORSZ, P-T-T, PGEs, PGMs, Platinum Group Elements, Platinum Group Metals, Potgietersrus Shear Zone, PSZ, Some
related to External links · 25
Bushveld Igneous Complex → Assessment, Bushveld ComplexA Novel Hypothesis, Bushveld ComplexOrigin, Bushveld Igneous ComplexBushveld Igneous, Cape Town, Case Study, Complex, Igneous Complex, Judith, Kinnaird, Magma Emplacement, Massive Chromitites, Merensky Reef, Mineral Inventory, Origin, Particulate Platinum-Group Minerals, PDF, Platinum-Group Elements, Rustenburg Layered Suite, Southern Africa
related to Layers · 21
Bushveld Igneous Complex → A-type, As, Critical, Critical Zone, Lebowa Granite Suite, LMI, Lower, Main, Marginal, Merensky, PGE, Platreef, Potgietersrus, Rashoop Granophyre Suite, Rustenburg Layered Suite, The, The Bushveld Igneous Complex, These, This, UG2 Reef
related to Proposed mechanisms of formation · 11
Bushveld Igneous Complex → Absorption, An, Changes, Gravity, Increase, Irvine, One, OPX, The, Therefore, When
related to Origin and formation · 6
Bushveld Igneous Complex → All, Earth's, It, The Bushveld Igneous Complex, Transvaal, Vast
is a · 1
Bushveld Igneous Complex → layered mafic intrusion

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complex platinum bushveld within zone chromitite mining chromite rustenburg reef layered fault pyroxenite mineral merensky south layers magma deposits eastern

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Bushveld Igneous Complexis alayered mafic intrusion0.90text
chalcopyriteinstance ofand contains Fe-poor sulphides0.80text
pentlanditeinstance ofand contains Fe-poor sulphides0.80text
pyrrhotite with minor amounts of galenainstance ofand contains Fe-poor sulphides0.80text
sphalerite.Lower Chromititeinstance ofand contains Fe-poor sulphides0.80text
phlogopiteinstance ofinterstitial plagioclase and clinopyroxene with minor variable amounts accessory minerals0.80text
mentionedinstance ofand other interstitial phases0.80text
collisioninstance ofrecord of tectonic activity by type of structure0.80text
riftinginstance ofrecord of tectonic activity by type of structure0.80text
and influence on the evolution of the BICinstance ofrecord of tectonic activity by type of structure0.80text
diorite progressivelyinstance of700 m thick and is composed of gabbro and anorthosite which overlays more differentiated rocks0.80text
quartzinstance offine to medium-grained norite and gabbronorite with varying amounts of accessory minerals0.80text

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