Amphibolite facies metamorphism in the Schapenburg schist belt: A record of the mid-crustal response to ∼ 3.23 Ga terrane accretion in the Barberton greenstone belt

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-284

  Stevens, G ^a   Droop, G T R ^b   Armstrong, R A ^c   Anhaeusser, C R ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; GREENSTONE BELT; METAMORPHISM; PRECAMBRIAN; SCHIST; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036767881     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/1050271     Document Type: Article

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