Metamorphic temperature variations among Witwatersrand goldfields: Evidence from the pyrophyllite-chloritoid-chlorite mineral assemblage

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 393-404

  Phillips, G N ^a   Zhou, T ^b   Powell, R ^c  

^a Great Central Mines Limited   (Australia)

^b Quantum Resources Limited   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METAMORPHISM;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031397341     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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