Dynamic and thermal history of the Vredefort explosion structure in the Kaapvaal craton, South Africa

Petrology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 395-432

  Perchuk, L L ^a   Tokarev, D A ^a   Van Reenen, D D ^a   Varlamov, D A ^a   Gerya, T V ^a   Sazonova, L V ^a   Fel'dman, V I ^a   Smit, C A ^a   Brink, M C ^a   Bisschoff, A A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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COMPOSITION; DOMES; FRACTURE; HEATING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SHOCK WAVES; TEXTURES;

GRANULITES; METAMORPHISM;

PETROLOGY;

EID: 0036748965     PISSN: 08695911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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