Geochronology of the proterozoic Hartley Basalt formation, South Africa: Constraints on the Kheis tectogenesis and the Kaapvaal Craton's earliest Wilson cycle

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-27

  Cornell, D H ^b   Armstrong, R A ^a   Walraven, F ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KAAPVAAL CRATON; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT; WILSON CYCLE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031835876     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(97)00133-4     Document Type: Article

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