Characterization, provenance, and tectonic setting of Fig Tree greywackes from the Archaean Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 113-129

  Toulkeridis, Theofilos ^a,b,c   Clauer, Norbert ^b   Kröner, Alfred ^a   Reimer, Thomas ^a   Todt, Wolfgang ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UMR 7063   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaean; Barberton Greenstone Belt; Greywackes; Provenance; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

GRAYWACKE; GREENSTONE BELT; PROVENANCE; TECTONIC SETTING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032843610     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00123-7     Document Type: Article

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