Prolonged magmatism and time constraints for sediment deposition in the early Archean Barberton greenstone belt: Evidence from the Upper Onverwacht and Fig Tree groups

Precambrian Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 125-138

  Byerly, Gary R ^a   Kröner, Alfred ^b   Lowe, Donald R ^c   Todt, W ^d   Walsh, Maud M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; FIG TREE GROUP; LEAD-207/LEAD-206 DATING; MAGMATISM; UPPER ONVERWACHT GROUP; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL, BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 0029730207     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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