The age and thermal evolution of the Vredefort impact structure: A single-grain U-Pb zircon study

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1531-1540

  Gibson, R L ^a   Armstrong, R A ^b   Reimold, W U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PROTEROZOIC; THERMAL EVOLUTION; URANIUM/LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

SOUTH AFRICA, FREE STATE, VREDEFORT DOME;

EID: 0030844798     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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