Exhumation of Limpopo Central Zone granulites and dextral continent-scale transcurrent movement at 2.0 Ga along the Palala Shear Zone, Northern Province, South Africa

Precambrian Research

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 263-288

  Schaller, Mirjam ^a   Steiner, Oliver ^a   Studer, Ivan ^a   Holzer, Lorenz ^a,b   Herwegh, Marco ^a   Kramers, Jan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Granulite facies metamorphism; Limpopo Belt; Polyphase deformation; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013535484     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(99)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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