3.07-2.97 GA greenstone belt formation in the northeastern kaapvaal craton: implications for the origin of the witwatersrand Basin

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1455-1461

  Poujol, Marc ^a   Robb, Laurence J ^b   Respaut, Jean Patrick ^a   Anhaeusser, Carl R ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 0001245959     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.8.1455     Document Type: Article

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