Whole-rock radiometric age patterns in the Aggeneys-Gamsberg ore district, central Bushmanland, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-22

  Reid, D L ^a   Smith, C B ^b   Watkeys, M K ^a,c   Welke, H J ^b   Betton, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GNEISS; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC;

SOUTH AFRICA, BUSHMANLAND;

EID: 0031451664     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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