Crustal xenoliths in Venetia kimberlite pipes indicate a decollement at ~10 km beneath the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 323-327

  Barton Jr , J M ^a   Pretorius, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DECOLLEMENT; KIMBERLITE; XENOLITH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032423997     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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