Rhyolitic ignimbrites of the Cape Granite suite, southwestern Cape province, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorScheepers R.
dc.contributor.authorNortje A.N.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T15:59:19Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T15:59:19Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractBased on textural and geochemical evidence, the existence of Late Precambrian rhyolitic volcanism related to the Cape Granite Suite is illustrated. Recrystallised rhyolitic ignimbrites represent the volcanic phase of a subvolcanic to volcanic sequence composed of rhyodacite to rhyolitic magma. Textural features including fiamme, pumice fragments and glass shards provide unequivocal evidence for the volcanic origin of these rocks. © 2001 Published by Elsevier Science Limited.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationJournal of African Earth Sciences
dc.identifier.citation31
dc.identifier.citation04-Mar
dc.identifier.issn8995362
dc.identifier.other10.1016/S0899-5362(00)80012-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/11118
dc.subjectgeochemistry
dc.subjectignimbrite
dc.subjectProterozoic
dc.subjectrhyolite
dc.subjecttexture
dc.subjectvolcanism
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.titleRhyolitic ignimbrites of the Cape Granite suite, southwestern Cape province, South Africa
dc.typeArticle
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