Fine structure of the lowermost crust beneath the Kaapvaal craton and its implications for crustal formation and evolution

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 121-130

  Marini, Luigi ^a   Gambardella, Barbara ^a   Principe, Claudia ^b   Arias, Alessia ^b   Brombach, Tatjana ^c   Hunziker, Johannes C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Composition; Continental crust; Crust; Earth; Evolution

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CRATON; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST; MOHO;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036306699     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00584-8     Document Type: Article

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