Geochemical and mineralogic effects of contact metamorphism on banded iron-formation: An example from the Transvaal Basin, South Africa

Precambrian Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 171-194

  Kaufman, Alan J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PROTEROZOIC; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM;

SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL, TRANSVAAL BASIN;

EID: 0030446094     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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