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Barkevikite from
Kisingiri Volcano, Homa Bay County, Kenya


Locality type:Volcano
Classification
Species:'Barkevikite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Barkevikite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kisingiri Volcano, Homa Bay County, Kenya
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1426559
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1426559:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Deines, P, Gold, D.P (1973) The isotopic composition of carbonatite and kimberlite carbonates and their bearing on the isotopic composition of deep-seated carbon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 37 (7) 1709-1733 doi:10.1016/0016-7037(73)90158-0
Le Bas, M. J. (1977). Carbonatite-nephelinite volcanism: an African case history. London: Wiley.
Norry, M. J., Truckle, P. H., Lippard, S. J., Hawkesworth, C. J., Weaver, S. D., & Marriner, G. F. (1980). Isotopic and trace element evidence from lavas, bearing on mantle heterogeneity beneath Kenya. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 297(1431), 259-271. doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1980.0214
Rubie, David C. (1982) Mass transfer and volume change during alkali metasomatism at Kisingiri, Western Kenya. Lithos, 15 (2) 99-109 doi:10.1016/0024-4937(82)90003-2
Rubie, D. C., Gunter, W. D. (1983) The role of speciation in alkaline igneous fluids during fenite metasomatism. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 82 (2) 165-175 doi:10.1007/bf01166611
DRAKE, R. E., VAN COUVERING, J. A., PICKFORD, M. H., CURTIS, G. H., & HARRIS, J. A. (1988). New chronology for the Early Miocene mammalian faunas of Kisingiri, Western Kenya. Journal of the Geological Society, 145(3), 479-491. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.145.3.0479
Bestland, Erick A., Thackray, Glenn D., Retallack, Gregory J. (1995) Cycles of Doming and Eruption of the Miocene Kisingiri Volcano, Southwest Kenya. The Journal of Geology, 103 (5) 598-607 doi:10.1086/629779
BESTLAND, ERICK A., KRULL, EVELYN S. (1999) Palaeoenvironments of Early Miocene Kisingiri volcano Proconsul sites: evidence from carbon isotopes, palaeosols and hydromagmatic deposits. Journal of the Geological Society, 156 (5) 965-976 doi:10.1144/gsjgs.156.5.0965
 
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