Tabular intrusion and folding of the late Archaean Murehwa granite, Zimbabwe, during regional shortening

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 653-664

  Blenkinsop, T G ^a   Treloar, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Crustal shortening; Folding; Granites; Intrusions; Magmatic fabric

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EMPLACEMENT; FOLDING; GRANITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0034778426     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.4.653     Document Type: Article

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