The metamorphic and alteration history of West Rand Group shales from distal portions of the Witwatersrand Basin

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 66, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 123-147

  Stevens, G ^a   Preston, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GREENSCHIST FACIES; IRON; METAMORPHISM; METASOMATISM; P-T CONDITIONS; REACTION KINETICS; SHALE; TECTONIC SETTING;

SOUTH AFRICA; WITWATERSRAND;

EID: 0010831304     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01161725     Document Type: Article

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