Age equivalence of the Plantation Porphyry and the Kanye Volcanic Formation, southeastern Botswana

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Walraven, F ^a   Grobler, D F ^a   Key, R M ^b  

^a Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^b Geological Survey   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHAEAN; KANYE VOLCANIC FORMATION; LEAD EVAPORATION DATING; PORPHYRY; ZIRCON;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0029749142     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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