New U-Pb SHRIMP zircon ages of the Cape Granite Suite: Implications for the magmatic evolution of the Saldania Belt

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 241-256

  Scheepers, R ^a   Armstrong, R ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; ZIRCON;

SALDANIA BELT; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 0036767583     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/1050241     Document Type: Article

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