Electron-microscope and Ar isotope characterization of chemically heterogeneous amphiboles from the Palala shear zone, Limpopo Belt, South Africa

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-62

  Belluso, Elena ^a   Ruffini, Raffaella ^b   Schaller, Mirjam ^c   Villa, Igor M ^c  

^a Dipto Sci Mineralogiche P   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphiboles; Electron microscopy; Geochronology; Granulites; Limpopo Belt

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOTOPES;

AMPHIBOLES; AR ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITIES; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; GRANULITES; HIGH GRADES; SOUTH AFRICA; TSCHERMAKITE;

SILICATE MINERALS;

AMPHIBOLE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LIMPOPO BELT; PALALA SHEAR ZONE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034023097     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/12/1/0045     Document Type: Article

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