Studies of the Rooiberg Group, Bushveld Complex, South Africa: No evidence for an impact origin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 149-165

  Buchanan, P C ^a,b   Reimold, W U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; Impact structure; Planar deformation feature; Rooiberg Group; Shock metamorphism; Tectonic deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; IMPACT STRUCTURE; SHOCK METAMORPHISM;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031844564     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00216-1     Document Type: Article

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