Isotopic composition of Pongola Supergroup limestones from the Buffalo River gorge, South Africa: Constraints on their regional depositional setting

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Eglington, B M ^a,b   Talma, A S ^c   Marais, S ^c   Matthews, P E ^d   Dixon, J G P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CARBONATE ROCK; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIMESTONE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

BUFFALO RIVER GORGE; KAAPVAAL CRATON; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0041883104     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/1060001     Document Type: Article

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