U-Pb geochronologic constraints on deposition of the Campbellrand Subgroup, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa

Precambrian Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 25-35

  Sumner, Dawn Y ^a   Bowring, Samuel A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; ASH; CARBONATE PLATFORM; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

SOUTH AFRICA, KAAPVAAL CRATON;

EID: 0030481949     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00086-0     Document Type: Article

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