OJGOpen Journal of Geology2161-7570Scientific Research Publishing10.4236/ojg.2019.913106OJG-97491ArticlesEarth&Environmental Sciences Neoproterozoic Rare Element Pegmatites from Gitarama and Gatumba Areas, Rwanda: Understanding Their Nb-Ta and Sn Mineralisation Jeande Dieu Ndikumana1*AnthonyTemidayo Bolarinwa2GabrielOladapo Adeyemi2Institute of Life and Earth Sciences, Pan African University, Ibadan, NigeriaDepartment of Geology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria1912201909131069108315, November 201927, December 2019 30, December 2019© Copyright 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. 2014This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The aim of this work was to study the petrography, geochemistry of the pegmatites, their relationship to the mineralisation in Gitarama and Gatumba areas, and current processes that occurred after the primary emplaced neoproterozoic rare element pegmatites. Previous works on pegmatites were geochemistry and geological maps which are not enough for focused exploration and mine planning. Therefore, geological, petrographic, geochemical studies of neoproterozoic rare element pegmatites of Gatumba and Gitarama areas in relation to their mineralisation were carried out. The samples were analysed for mineral assemblages by petrographic light microscope; major elements by ICP AES; trace and rare earth elements by ICP MS. Petrographic studies revealed the mineral assemblages included quartz, microcline, biotite and major muscovites, which implied that there was the process of muscovitisation occurred after the primary emplacement of pegmatites. The results of geochemical analysis revealed that the silica content (in wt%) ranges from 59.5 - 80.5 with an average of 67.13 (in wt%) for the weathered pegmatite in Gatumba area ,and high percentages of SiO 2 (in wt%) range 73.9 - 75.0 with an average of 73.15 (in wt%) for fresh pegmatite in Gitarama area. The pegmatites from Gatumba area were altered and much enriched in Rb (227 - 3460 ppm), Cs (2.59 - 24.7 ppm), Ta (2.6 - 268 ppm), Li (40 - 9224 ppm), W (240 - 10,000 ppm), Nb (13 - 517 ppm), Sn (24 - 8870 ppm). Their enrichment is commonly used as a marker of a magmatic-hydrothermal alteration. Conversely, the pegmatites from Gitarama area showed the low to moderate concentrations in Rb (321 - 337 ppm), Cs (5.47 - 5.62 ppm), Ta (1.3 - 1.6 ppm), Li (~20 ppm), W (5540 - 6410 ppm), Nb (3.9 - 4.3 ppm), Sn (28 - 44 ppm). The variation plot of ratios: Al 2O 3/(Na 2O + K 2O) versus Al 2O 3/(CaO + Na 2O + K 2O) for the pegmatites from study areas are higher than one (A/NK vs. A/CNK > 1) indicating peraluminous, the other samples of pegmatites indicated metaluminous (A/NK > 1 and A/CNK < 1). REE abundance from whole rock analysis of pegmatites of Gatumba and Gitarama areas is low to moderate with the &Sigma;REE varying between 12.1 - 72.78 ppm and 45 - 54.37 ppm respectively, signifying low to medium form of enrichment. The pegmatite from Gatumba and Gitarama areas showed the K/Rb ratios ranging from 15.74 to 80.26 and from 190.41 to 199.39 respectively. As the pegmatite samples show K/Rb ratios less than 100 are commonly accepted for mineralization, therefore the pegmatites from Gatumba area were found mineralised, conversely to the pegmatite samples from Gitarama area, which were found barren.

Pegmatites Petrography Geochemistry Gitarama Gatumba1. Introduction

Pegmatitic rocks are very coarse-grained crystalline rocks which, in places, contain large crystals of feldspars, quartz or micas that render the felsic lithology to strongly contrast with compositionally similar granites often lying in their close vicinity [1]. Pegmatitic rocks are formed during magmatic segregation of granitic magmas in which the residual melt can be enriched in rare earth elements and heavy metals [2] [3]. Pegmatites often contain some elements such as niobium, tantalum, tin, tungsten, and beryllium and may contain semi-precious gemstones such as beryl, garnet and tourmaline [4].

The major mineral resources mined in Rwanda include columbite-tantalite and cassiterite which primarily occur in pegmatite, quartz veins, greisen and alluvial/eluvial deposits [5]. The precise characteristics of these pegmatites remain elusive. In an attempt to elucidate this, several workers have studied the geological setting and mineralisation potential of these pegmatites [6] [7] [8] [9]. Most deposits in Rwanda are not well developed, due to the lack of adequate geologic studies such as in the Gatumba and Gitarama areas. Some information was provided on the geochemistry of pegmatites in the area [10]. The insufficient geologic study and mineralisation relationship have made these areas less attractive to mining investors. Tantalum, Tin and Tungsten (3Ts) mineral exploration in the areas was largely based on colonial history of primary, alluvial and eluvial materials, with concentrations estimated from panned concentrates by handpicking, washing and weighing. Mineralised and barren pegmatites have not yet been previously delineated in the southern (Gitarama) and western (Gatumba) areas of Rwanda. This has been the pivotal motivation in the study areas.

2. Geological Settings

Kibara (KIB) and Karagwe Ankolean (KAB) Belts are famous geological features recognised in eastern central Africa [11]. KIB and KAB evolved between the pre-mesoproterozoic domains such as the Archaean Tanzanian craton to the east, Archaean-paleoproterozoic Congo craton to the west and north, and Bangweulu block to the south.

The KAB cuts across the Burundi, Rwanda, north-west Tanzania, south-west Uganda up to the Kivu Maniema region in Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC). Conversely, the KIB extends to south-west Katanga region including Kibara area near Mitwaba town in DRC.

The geology of Rwanda is dominated by mesoproterozoic rocks (1.6 - 1.0 Ga) that were intruded by two generations of granites: 986 Ma and 1375 Ma [11] and the neoproterozoic pegmatite intrusion dated approximately at 965 Ma [7].

In Rwanda, the youngest granite is responsible for the economic mineralization of 3Ts (Tin-Tantalum and Tungsten) hosted in pegmatites, quartz veins, and in alluvial and eluvial deposits [11]. The sediments within Rwanda have been subdivided into four stratigraphic groups from oldest to the youngest, which are Gikoro, Pindura, Cyohoha and Rugezi groups. The Gitarama and Gatumba areas are situated in the southern and western provinces of Rwanda, about 50 km west of Kigali. Gatumba is considered as a representative district for the study of pegmatite mineralisation in the KAB. Unaltered pegmatite rocks in the Gitarama area dominantly consist of microcline, K-feldspar, quartz and muscovite. The Gatumba area is characterised by the presence of numerous rare-metal pegmatites, which are variably mineralised in columbite-tantalite and/or cassiterite. Beryl, spodumene, tourmaline, apatite, amblygonite and rare phosphates are the most important accessory minerals [12]. Lithostratigraphically, the mesoproterozoic rocks of the Gitarama and Gatumba areas belong to the Akanyaru Supergroup which consists of Gikoro, Pindura, Cyohoha and Rugezi groups [13]. The Gatumba and Gitarama areas span Gikoro and Pindura groups which are lithologically composed of alternation of mesoproterozoic phyllites and quartzites (Figure 1) characterized by a varying metamorphic degree [14]. The difference in metamorphic grade has been explained by contact metamorphism due to the intrusion of the S-type granitic massifs. The sedimentary rocks are intruded by different lithological units such as felsic and subordinate mafic rocks [11].

At a regional scale, pegmatites vary from muscovite-biotite-feldspar-quartz to muscovite-feldspar-quartz-bearing from Gitarama towards Gatumba village [12]. The second variant appears to have been affected by intense hydrothermal alteration and Nb-Ta-Sn mineralisation. Referring the classification schemes [15] [16]. The most evolved pegmatites belong to the Lithium-Caesium-Tantalum (LCT) family based on the rare element association, and more specifically to the rare element pegmatite class. Based on the rare element mineralogy, they include representatives of the beryl-type (beryl columbite subtype), complex-type (spodumene subtype), and albite-spodumene type [10]. The rare element pegmatite from Gatumba area has attracted different mining companies for exploitation of niobium-tantalum and tin minerals.

3. Materials and Methods

Field and petrographic characterization were used to understand the detail mineral assemblages, alteration and paragenetic relationships. Samples were first described macroscopically and a preliminary paragenetic sequence was reconstructed. Twenty thin sections of representative rock samples were prepared for petrographic investigation at the department of Geology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. The rock samples were cut into small chips, thinned down and mounted on glass plate. This was placed on a hot plate to dry. Araldite was used to glue the dry chip on a glass and left overnight to dry. Further reduction in size to approximately 30 µm was achieved using silicon carbide to produce a very thin layer that was covered with Canada basalm and placed on hot plate to dry. Excess Canada basalm was washed off with acetone to obtain a clean thin section. The thin sections produced from rocks were examined under petrographic microscope at a total magnification of 100X. Photomicrographs of the slides were taken and processed. The thin sections were observed with a transmitted polarized light microscope.

A total of 14 rock samples of pegmatites (9), granite (3) and amphibolite (2) were used for whole rock geochemical analysis at Australian Laboratory Services (ALS), Johannesburg, South Africa. The rock samples were pulverised for 50 g of powders of 85% and passing 75 microns for whole rock geochemical composition where the concentration of major and trace elements were determined by method of Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES) and Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) respectively. A prepared sample of 0.100 g was added to the lithium metaborate flux, mixed well and fused in a furnace at 1000˚C. The resulting melt was then cooled and dissolved in 100 mL of 4% HNO3 and 2% HCl solution. The ions were extracted from the plasma through a pinhole-sized orifice into a pumped vacuum system. The ions were also focused with an ion lens into a mass spectrometer.

4. Results and Discussions4.1. Field Occurrence

Formation of mafic units proceeded with the first generation of biotite-muscovite granite (formerly known as G1-3) in Figure 2(a), which is barren. The second generation of granite, which is the youngest and formerly known as G4, fertile granite or tin-granite, was emplaced and resulted in the ores [11]. The fertile granite from Gitarama area has been proposed as the parental granite for the pegmatites in the Gatumba area, but this, however, remains a matter of debate [18]. This area showed bimodal magmatism of felsic and subordinate mafic unit of amphibolite (Figure 2(b)). Rock exposures of young granitic pegmatite intruding metasedimentary rocks can be observed in Gitarama and Gatumba areas (Figure 2(c)). The amphibolite and granitic pegmatite intrusion were emplaced at different periods during the Kibara event in central Africa. The altered pegmatite from Gatumba area (Figure 2(d)) appears to have been affected by intense hydrothermal alteration and Nb-Ta-Sn mineralisation. The primary emplacement of Sn was observed in the hydroxyl-bearing phases of the granites and mineralisation hosted in the neoproterozoic rare element pegmatite and/or quartz veins. The Nb-Ta in the pegmatites were mostly overprinted through the precipitation reaction driven by hydrothermal fluid in the original pegmatites which were subsequently alterated during hydrothermal processes [7] [8].

4.2. Petrography

The pegmatite from Gitarama area was composed of quartz, plagioclase feldspars and biotites, and the pegmatites from Gatumba area showed quartz and muscovite. The granite in light petrographic observation showed biotite, quartz, and microcline whereas the amphibolites were composed of quartz, plagioclase, orthoclase and hornblendes. The major muscovites in pegmatite samples indicate a process of alteration (muscovitisation) that occurred after the primary emplaced pegmatite. This process was the one of the paragenetic sequences of columbite and cassiterite mineralisation in the Gatumba area [7]. The cross-hatch and distinct banding effect (polysynthetic) twinnings revealed the presence of microcline in K-feldspar and plagioclase feldspars respectively (Figure 3(a), Figure 3(c) and Figure 3(e)) in biotite-muscovite granite, pegmatite and amphibolite from Gitarama and Gatumba areas. The muscovites were also identified in Figure 3(g) in weathered pegmatite from the Gatumba area. The photographs by plane polarised light showed the biotites with high relief in Figure 3(b) and Figure 3(d), and the hornblende (Figure 3(f)) while the muscovites in Figure 3(h) did not show any observation under plane polarised light.

4.3. Whole Rock Geochemical Composition4.3.1. Major Element Composition

The whole rock composition of the pegmatites from Gitarama and Gatumba areas shows moderate to high concentrations (in wt %) of SiO2 (59.5 - 80.5), Al2O3 (11.85 - 18.80), Na2O (0.01 - 7.18), CaO (0.19 - 8.84). The Silica Content (in wt %) ranges from 59.5 to 80.5 and from 73.9 to 75.0 for weathered pegmatite and fresh pegmatite samples respectively (Table 1). The silica content increases from mafic to felsic rocks such as the amphibolite to granite and pegmatite.

The pegmatites from Gitarama and Gatumba areas showed low to high concentration in wt% K2O (0.44 - 10.25), since dominantly originated from a tholeiitic magma which has high concentration of silica linked to granite differentiation and low-K values. The Al2O3/(Na2O + K2O) and Al2O3/(CaO + Na2O + K2O) for pegmatites from Gitarama area are higher than one (A/NK and A/CNK > 1) indicating a peraluminous, and the other samples of pegmatites from Gatumba area in Figure 4 indicate the peraluminous and metaluminous.

4.3.2. Trace Element Composition

Trace elements were used to investigate the mineralisation of pegmatites from Gatumba and Gitarama areas with the higher enrichment (Table 2) ranges for Li (40 - 9240 ppm), Cs (2.59 - 11.95 ppm), Ta (2.6 - 268 pm) and Rb (181 - 3460 ppm) for the Gatumba pegmatite than Gitarama pegmatite showed Li

Major oxides (wt%) of pegmatites and associated rocks from Gitarama and Gatumba areas
Weathered pegmatites in GatumbaFresh pegmatite in GitaramaBiotite-muscovite granite in GitaramaAmphibolite in Gitarama
SampleGape01Gape02Gape03Gape04Gape05Gape06Gipe07Gipe08 Gipe09RG01RG02RG03RGA01RGA02
SiO265.359.974.080.563.659.573.974.775.071.472.471.546.146.9
Al2O313.7514.651211.8518.8014.6512.7513.012.9514.0513.8013.7013.0512.95
Fe2O31.470.475.561.330.480.501.131.101.143.463.353.5611.7512.10
MnO0.020.120.200.010.010.120.040.040.040.040.040.040.200.21
CaO0.198.430.750.300.258.840.290.300.282.132.042.0111.3011.60
K2O0.961.221.441.7510.251.247.547.737.714.494.274.280.400.38
Na2O0.257.182.014.552.187.152.082.122.093.043.043.001.331.31
P2O511.606.430.590.230.536.820.160.150.130.170.190.170.110.06
Cr2O30.004<0.0020.013<0.002<0.002<0.002<0.002<0.002<0.0020.0100.0040.0040.0380.041
TiO20.040.010.010.02<0.010.010.020.020.020.370.350.380.670.67
MgO0.100.030.310.070.020.040.060.060.060.790.760.788.478.78
SrO<0.010.01<0.01<0.01<0.010.01<0.01<0.01<0.010.010.010.02<0.01<0.01
BaO0.03<0.010.01<0.010.01<0.010.100.100.100.130.120.120.020.02
LOI5.050.955.070.662.100.981.041.081.100.700.730.671.371.37
Total98.7699.4091.16101.2798.2399.8699.11100.40100.62100.79101.10100.2394.8196.39

(~20 ppm), Cs (5.47 - 5.62 ppm), Ta (1.3 - 1.6 pm) and Rb (321 - 337 ppm), such high enrichment implied the alteration process in metasedimentary intrusive body of pegmatite. The fresh pegmatite from Gitarama area show generally high concentration in Ba (893 - 929 ppm) content, pointing to a probably calc alkaline source [20]. The enrichment of W (~10,000 ppm) was probably due to magmatic hydrothermal fluid circulated in granite and pegmatite where it has precipitated wolframite concentrates.

Trace element composition (ppm) of pegmatites and associated rocks from Gitarama and Gatumba areas
Weathered pegmatites in GatumbaFresh pegmatite in GitaramaBiotite-muscovite granite in GitaramaAmphibolite in Gitarama
SampleGape01Gape02Gape03Gape04Gape05Gape06Gipe07Gipe08 Gipe09RG01RG02RG03RGA01RGA02
Ta131.5193.510.62.62682491.61.61.31.91.52.8318303
Nb107.529113.027.8107.55174.24.33.910.39.010.685.383.2
Sn5791450572488701270444428303245>10,000>10,000
Cr30<10401010<10<101010402040230250
Ga17.218.72.418.819.420.015.414.914.817.717.018.215.015.7
Hf2.011.30.20.37.27.30.41.80.67.16.17.72.11.8
Zr1573262950833152342132744544
Sr140.5140.05.37.417.6144.087.191.288.0197.0200.020475.975.8
Rb506452227181.03460463326337321193.0185.0195.520.017.9
Cs11.954.206.632.5924.74.675.625.625.475.805.686.081.781.61
Ba26623.931.131.084.422.6893929898107510351085143.0133.5
Th0.653.220.640.620.493.030.620.860.5656.953.860.40.770.57
U9.0421.20.593.511.5821.61.302.061.406.976.937.570.440.40
V7<5<5<5<5<5<557555460263272
W427240>10,0002506792445540590064106452486950
Co1<16<11<16786664953
Cu1551378418201991091519
Mo<1<1<1<1<1<1<1<1<1<1<11<1<1
Ni6<11014<1453565131129
Pb41618102122171819211717<2<2
Sc<1<112<1<11117774344
Tl<10<10<10<1020<10<10<10<10<1010<10<10<10
Zn1624320<2<2<2<2<25546571
Cd<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5
Ag<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5<0.5
As5<523<5<5<5<55<5<5<5<5<5<5
Li92406020040220602020209090904040

<: below detection limit.

The abundance of ∑REE in pegmatites from study areas ranged from 12.1 to 72.78 ppm (Table 3) which implies rare element pegmatite. Chondrite diagram of REE showed the enrichment in LREE than HREE which also implied the high level of fractionation on the pegmatite from Gatumba and Gitarama areas. The fluids circulated and induced the precipitation of some rare and heavy metals. The Eu negative and positive anomalies (Figure 5) are associated with the plagioclase probably controlled the fractionation [21].

4.3.3. Economic Mineralisation Aspect

The K/Rb values for the pegmatite from Gatumba and Gitarama areas ranged from 15.74 to 199.3 (Table 4). The pegmatites from Gatumba and Gitarama

Rare earth element composition (ppm) of pegmatites and associated rocks from Gitarama and Gatumba areas
Weathered pegmatites in GatumbaFresh pegmatites in GitaramaBiotite-muscovite granite in GitaramaAmphibolite in Gitarama
SampleGape01Gape02Gape03Gape04Gape05Gape06Gipe07Gipe08 Gipe09RG01RG02RG03RGA01RGA02
La6.11.52.91.82.01.610.312.710.0110.0108.5120.06.66.4
Ce12.53.48.33.33.93.614.316.414.6189.0186.02138.07.1
Pr1.290.401.280.310.530.431.671.891.5117.0516.9019.401.741.73
Nd5.31.86.61.12.42.16.88.06.155.854.161.57.47.7
Sm0.940.471.920.360.710.521.111.291.096.406.386.861.831.78
Eu0.200.200.840.040.090.190.580.620.561.391.421.440.680.62
Gd0.610.482.330.750.380.540.971.131.103.803.814.252.002.17
Tb0.100.090.480.170.030.080.150.190.170.480.540.500.350.37
Dy0.580.703.631.030.310.661.001.251.042.593.073.022.362.42
Ho0.090.150.980.180.070.140.210.250.210.530.550.630.520.48
Er0.200.423.510.520.150.410.550.810.611.661.711.891.511.50
Tm0.020.080.660.080.020.060.110.120.110.250.270.280.240.24
Yb0.110.545.110.590.180.530.630.880.801.631.571.751.261.44
Lu0.030.080.740.090.030.070.100.140.100.250.260.280.220.22
Y1.94.133.57.81.33.66.88.77.016.016.217.113.213.4
∑REE29.9714.4172.7818.1212.114.5345.2854.3745406.83401.28451.947.9147.57
 Elemental ratios of pegmatites and associated rocks from Gitarama and Gatumba areas
Weathered pegmatites in GatumbaFresh pegmatite in GitaramaBiotite-muscovite granite in GitaramaAmphibolite in Gitarama
SampleGape01Gape02Gape03Gape04Gape05Gape06Gipe07Gipe08 Gipe09RG01RG02RG03RGA01RGA02
A/CNK7.650.510.641.191.240.501.051.041.051.021.031.030.560.54
A/NK9.471.112.431.261.281.111.101.091.091.421.431.434.975.04
K/Rb15.7422.4016.0980.2624.5922.23192.00190.41199.39193.12191.60181.74166.02176.23
K/Cs666.892411.38550.925609.103444.942204.2411,137.5711,418.2311,700.996426.496240.725843.801865.501959.35
Rb/Ba1.9018.917.295.8340.9920.480.360.360.350.170.170.180.130.13
Rb/Sr3.603.2242.8324.45196.593.213.743.693.640.970.920.950.260.23
Rb/Cs42.34107.6134.2369.88140.0899.1458.0059.9658.6833.2732.5732.1511.2311.11
K2O/Na2O3.840.16440.384.700.173.623.643.681.471.401.420.300.29
Nb/Ta0.811.501.2210.690.402.072.622.6835.4263.780.260.27
Zr/Hf7.506.4610204.026.84218.332532.9534.9135.5821.4224.44

areas had K/Rb ratios ranging from 15.74 to 80.26 and from 190.41 to 199.39 respectively. This implied that the pegmatites from Gatumba area were mineralised in columbite-tantalite and cassiterite whereas the pegmatite samples from Gitarama area were found barren [10]. Pegmatites with K/Rb ratios less than 100 are generally accepted as mineralized pegmatites [24]. The K/Rb versus Cs plot (Figure 6) was also used to indicate rare element pegmatites after [23]. Further economic mineralization of these pegmatites from Gitarama and Gatumba areas was evaluated using variation plots of K/Rb versus Rb (Figure 7) and Ta versus Ga (Figure 8) for their relationship to the mineralisation. The samples of mineralised pegmatite that plotted under the line of mineralisation boundary after [24] are the mineralised pegmatites from Gatumba area with low K/Rb ratios below 100. Contrarily to the barren pegmatites from Gitarama area that were plotted above the mineralisation boundary of [24], and those are pegmatites with high ratios of K/Rb. Similarly, the plot Ta versus Ga showed the pegmatite from Gatumba area was mineralised, conversely to the pegmatite samples from Gitarama area which were found barren defined after the mineralisation boundaries of [25] [26].

5. Conclusion

The study investigated the petrography and geochemistry of pegmatites from Gitarama and Gatumba areas. Thus confirmed by the signature of quartz, biotite feldspars and dominant muscovite which revealed that the process of muscovitisation occurred after the emplaced primary pegmatite. The enrichment and high content of Li, Cs, and Rb showed the magmatic hydrothermal alteration process occurred in the intrusive body of rare metal pegmatite in study areas. The various plots such as K/Rb vs. Rb, Ta vs. Ga and K/Rb vs. Cs were also used to assess the mineralisation of pegmatites, which showed the pegmatite from Gatumba area was found mineralised, conversely to the pegmatite samples from Gitarama area which were found barren. The genesis of niobium-tantalum and tin mineralisation and processes which occurred after primary emplacement of ores still remain questionable topics. Further research studies can be carried out using the isotopes (for example oxygen and hydrogen isotopes) in conjunction with fluid inclusion studies to obtain much more findings on the petrogenesis and kinds of fluids involved in processes subjected to these pegmatites.

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the African Union Commission for granting scholarship and research grant for this intended work. Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) is acknowledged for providing the necessary facilities and relevant information to this research paper. Anonymous reviewers whose comments improved this manuscript are highly appreciated.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

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de Dieu Ndikumana, J., Bolarinwa, A.T. and Adeyemi, G.O. (2019) Neoproterozoic Rare Element Pegmatites from Gitarama and Gatumba Areas, Rwanda: Understanding Their Nb-Ta and Sn Mineralisation. Open Journal of Geology, 9, 1069-1083. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojg.2019.913106

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