An Archaean arc-arc collisional event: A short-lived (ca 3 Myr) episode, Weltevreden area, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-248

  De Ronde, Cornel E J ^a,b   Kamo, Sandra L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC-ARC COLLISION; ARCHEAN; COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSTONE BELT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034144187     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(00)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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