The Jamestown Ophiolite Complex, Barberton mountain belt: a section through 3.5 Ga oceanic crust

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 681-730

  de Wit, Maarten J ^a,b   Hart, Roger A ^c   Hart, Rodger J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0023495664     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0899-5362(87)90007-8     Document Type: Article

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