Crustal heat production and style of metamorphism: A comparison between two Archean high grade provinces in the Limpopo Belt, Southern Africa

Precambrian Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 149-163

  Kramers, Jan D ^a   Kreissig, Katharina ^a   Jones, Michael Q W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archean; Geotherms; Heat flow; Limpopo Belt; Southern Africa; Tectono metamorphism

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM; POTASSIUM; THALLIUM; URANIUM;

ARCHEAN; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC SETTING;

AFRICA; ARCHAEAN; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOLING; HEAT EXCHANGE; METAMORPHOSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035891974     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00173-5     Document Type: Article

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