Architecture of Continental Rifts with Special Reference to East Africa

Bruce R. Rosendahl

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 1987 · 805 citations · 0 references

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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