{"title":"Geochemical Characteristic and Petrogenesis of Malumfashi Schist around Tandama Area, North-Western Nigeria","authors":"Idzi Alaku, O. Moshood, A. Agbor, A. Amos","doi":"10.9734/BJAST/2017/30116","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"between designed the study, the statistical ABSTRACT Malumfashi schists which occur in association with migmatite-gneisses and biotite granite, occupy about 60% of Tandama area, north-western Nigeria. geochemical features like the Na 2 O/Al 2 O 3 values, trace element ratios such as Th/U and REE patterns suggest that the protolith are predominantly derived from felsic igneous sources. Tectonically, SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 versus K 2 O/Na 2 O plot revealed the protolith to have evolved within passive margin environment.","PeriodicalId":91221,"journal":{"name":"British journal of applied science & technology","volume":"20 1","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"British journal of applied science & technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.9734/BJAST/2017/30116","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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between designed the study, the statistical ABSTRACT Malumfashi schists which occur in association with migmatite-gneisses and biotite granite, occupy about 60% of Tandama area, north-western Nigeria. geochemical features like the Na 2 O/Al 2 O 3 values, trace element ratios such as Th/U and REE patterns suggest that the protolith are predominantly derived from felsic igneous sources. Tectonically, SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 versus K 2 O/Na 2 O plot revealed the protolith to have evolved within passive margin environment.