Earth Sciences

Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2013

  • Petrologic and Structural Features of Basement Rocks of Parts of Mukuru Area, Southeastern Nigeria

    Ndukauba Egesi, Victor U. Ukaegbu

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2013
    Pages: 96-103
    Received: Jul. 10, 2013
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    Published: Aug. 10, 2013
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    Abstract: Field investigations in the western part of Mukuru area indicate intense structural imprints and high HT/HP metamorphism, and some magmatism. The rock units in the area include migmatitic gneisses, granulites, amphibolites, schists, charnockites, epidiorites and granites. The charnockites which are common in the shear zone and boundary areas appear... Show More