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The geology of the Katete carbonatite, Rhodesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. A. Lee
C. A. Lee
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Geology DepartmentUniversity of RhodesiaSalisburyRhodesia
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Summary

The Katete carbonatite is situated in an area of rifting in the NW of Rhodesia. It consists of varieties of carbonatite and of agglomerates. There is little alteration of the surrounding sandstones and there are no associated alkaline rocks. The age of the complex is mid-Cretaceous, which is about the same as the later stages of carbonatite activity in the Rufunsa Valley in Zambia.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 111 , Issue 2 , March 1974 , pp. 133 - 142
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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