The Ongeluk basaltic andesite formation in Griqualand West, South Africa: Submarine alteration in a 2222 Ma Proterozoic sea

Precambrian Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 101-123

  Cornell, D H ^a   Schutte S S ^b   Eglington, B L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION; ANDESITE; PROTEROZOIC; SUBMARINE ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

SOUTH AFRICA, KAAPVAAL CRATON;

EID: 0030471629     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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