Chlorite thermometry in the witwatersrand Basin: Constraints on the paleoproterozoic geotherm in the kaapvaal craton, south Africa

Journal of Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 601-615

  Frimmel, Hartwig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 0000385585     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515962     Document Type: Article

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