African magmatism and tectonics
Subtitle: a volume in honour of W. Q. Kennedy.
By: Edited by T. N. Clifford and I. G. Gass.
Contributors: Clifford, Tom N., ed.; Gass, I. G. ed.; Kennedy, W. Q. 1903-
Publisher: Hafner Pub. Co.
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Darien, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
Subjects: Geology -- Africa.; Magmatism -- Africa.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: William Quarrier Kennedy, an appreciation, by R. M. Shackleton.; title: The structural framework of Africa, by T. N. Clifford.; title: Archaean vulcanicity and continental evolution in the Barberton region, Transvaal, by M. J. Viljoen and R. P. Viljoen.; title: The evolution and structural setting of the Great Dyke, Rhodesia, by R. Bichan.; title: Volcanic rocks of the Witwatersrand triad, by H. C. M. Whiteside.; title: The anorthosite of southern Angola: a review of present data, by E. S. W. Simpson.; title: Igneous activity and mineralisation episodes in the evolution of the Kibaride and Katangide orogenic belts of Central Africa, by L. Cahen.; title: Orogenic and post-orogenic plutonism in Malawi, by K. Bloomfield.; title: Mineralogical and geochemical aspects of pegmatites from orogenic belts of equatorial and southern Africa, by O. Von Knorring.; title: Late Palaeozonic to recent igneous activity in West Africa and its relationship to basement structure, by R. Black and M. Girod.; title: Tectonics and vulcanism of the Karroo period and their bearing on the postulated fragmentaion of Gondwanaland, by K. G. Cox.; title: Petrochemical and tectonic relationship of the Malawi carbonatite-alkaline province and the LupataLebombo volcanics, by A. R. Woolley and M. S. Garson.; title: Vulcanicity and rift tectonics in East Africa, by B. C. King.; title: Tectonic and magmatic evolution of the Afro-Arabian dome, by I. G. Gass.; title: The evolution of the Tibesti volcanic province, eastern Sahara, by P. M. Vincent.; title: The structural setting of African kimberlite magmatism, by J. B. Dawson.; title: Tectonic control of dykes and related irruptive rocks in eastern Africa, by J. R. Vail.; title: Geochemical variations in African granitic rocks, and their structural implications by, J. M. Rooke.; title: Convection and magmatism with reference to the African Continent, by P. G. Harris.