The 3.5 Ga Komati Formation, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, Part I: New maps and magmatic architecture

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-68

  Dann, J C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GREENSTONE BELT; KOMATIITE; MAGMATISM; PETROLOGY;

BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033759868     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/103.1.47     Document Type: Article

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