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Architecture of Continental Rifts with Special Reference to East Africa
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1987
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EngineeringContinental TectonicsFractional CrystallizationEast AfricaPetrologyEarth ScienceSocial SciencesIgneous RocksRift SystemPlate BoundaryEastern Africa StudiesIgneous PetrogenesisGeographyGeologyTectonicsGeochemistryOrogenyIgneous PetrologyCarbonate MineralsMineral Geochemistry
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