40Ar/39Ar constraints on the age of metamorphism in the Witwatersrand Supergroup, Vredefort dome (South Africa)

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 175-190

  Gibson, R L ^a   Reimold, W U ^a   Phillips, D ^b   Layer, P W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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EID: 0005850208     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/1030175     Document Type: Article

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