Note on the relative ages of the pseudotachylite and the basic granophyre in the Vredefort Dome

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-92

  Bisschoff, A A ^a,b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANOPHYRE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PRECAMBRIAN; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; RELATIVE AGE;

SOUTH AFRICA, ORANGE FREE STATE, VREDEFORT DOME;

EID: 0029729529     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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