Late Archaean clastic sedimentary rocks (Shamvaian Group) of the Zimbabwe craton: First observations from the Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1689-1708

  Hofmann, A ^a   Dirks, P H G M ^a   Jelsma, H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS; TURBIDITY;

SHEAR ZONES;

SANDSTONE;

ARCHEAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GREENSTONE BELT; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0036872612     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-074     Document Type: Review

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