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Pre-Cambrian Perthosites in Nyasaland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

S. W. Morel
S. W. Morel
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c/o “Freeby”, The Green, Sidcup, Kent.
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Abstract

Attention is drawn to the widespread occurrence of perthosite bodies in the Basement Complex of southern Nyasaland, and a description of these rocks is given.

It is suggested that these rocks represent a late stage in the differentiation of basaltic or andesitic magma which produced basic intrusives and volcanics and ultrabasic complexes in the late Pre-Cambrian. These were subsequently metamorphosed at a high grade. The nepheline-syenite gneisses of Port Herald and Tambani are believed to be related to the same series.

The remarkable similarities between the late Pre-Cambrian igneous history and that of the Karroo to Chilwa Series period is commented upon, and the occurrence of similar “ring structuress” in both series is described.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 98 , Issue 3 , June 1961 , pp. 235 - 244
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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