Regional setting and geological evolution of the Okiep Copper District, Namaqualand, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-120

  Gibson, R L ^a   Robb, L J ^a   Kisters, A F M ^a,b   Cawthorn, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; INTRUSION; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE, NAMAQUALAND, OKIEP;

EID: 0030463355     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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