Ultramafic rocks at the center of the Vredefort structure: Further evidence for the crust on edge model

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 923-926

  Tredoux, Marian ^a   Hart, Rodger J ^b,d   Carlson, Richard W ^c   Shirey, Steven B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; EXTRACTION; MAGNESITE; OSMIUM ALLOYS; RHENIUM ALLOYS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; CRUSTAL LEVELS; EARTH'S SURFACE; EDGE MODELING; IMPACT EVENTS; MELT EXTRACTION; SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLES; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE SOURCE; OSMIUM; RHENIUM; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

SOUTH AFRICA; VREDEFORT STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033403062     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0923:URATCO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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