A chronostratigraphic framework for the north-central Kaapvaal craton, the Bushveld Complex and the Vredefort structure

Tectonophysics

Volumn 171, Issue 1-4, 1990, Pages 23-48

  Walraven, F ^a,c   Armstrong, R A ^b   Kruger, F J ^c  

^a Geological Survey of South Africa   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

SOUTH AFRICA, KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTH AFRICA, VREDEFORT STRUCTURE;

EID: 0025227354     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(90)90088-P     Document Type: Article

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