Field relations and petrography of the Vredefort Granophyre

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-21

  Therriault, A M ^a,c   Reimold, W U ^b   Reid, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYKE; GRANOPHYRE; IMPACT; MELT ROCK; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; SUPERCOOLING;

SOUTH AFRICA, ORANGE FREE STATE, VREDEFORT DOME;

EID: 0029772189     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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