Precise U-Pb titanite age constraints on the emplacement of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-6

  Buick, Ian S ^a   Maas, Roland ^a   Gibson, Roger ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Bushveld complex; Emplacement; U Pb

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DATING METHOD; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; TITANITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034996338     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.1.3     Document Type: Article

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