Constrained gravity models and structural evolution of the Ashanti Belt, southwest Ghana

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 539-550

  Barritt, S D ^a   Kuma, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UST School of Mines   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY MODELS; PROTERZOIC; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION;

GHANA;

EID: 0032076001     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(98)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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