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Africa
- Maps of Africa
- Afar Dallol Drilling (Ethiopia)
- Barberton 1 (S. Africa)
- Barberton 2 (S. Africa)
- Barberton 3 (S. Africa)
- Bushveld (S. Africa)
- Eastern Rift Valley (Ethiopia, Kenya)
- La Réunion (France)
- Lake Bosumtwi (Ghana)
- Lake Chad (Chad)
- Lake Challa (Kenya, Tanzania)
- Lake Malawi (Malawi)
- Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania)
- Lake Victoria
- Moodies (S. Africa)
- Morocco
- Nama Group (Namibia)
- Orkney (S. Africa)
- Tanzania
- Turkana Basin (Kenya)
- Witwatersrand (S. Africa)
Bushveld Complex Drilling Project
The Bushveld Igneous Complex
With on the order of 1 million km3 of igneous rocks, the Bushveld Complex by itself constitutes a Large Igneous Province. Its size alone poses first-order questions about how such vast volumes of magma are generated from the mantle. However, apart from its size, the Bushveld has several other features that make it remarkable.
- Unlike most Large Igneous Provinces, the Bushveld Complex is largely plutonic and represents the roots of such systems...
- The Bushveld Complex is bimodal in composition, with subequal proportions of mafic and felsic igneous rocks...
- The Bushveld Complex contains fabulous mineral wealth, with resources of strategic and high-tech metals ...
