Carbon and U-Pb evidence for a Palaeoproterozoic crustal component in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 601-612

  Buick, I S ^a   Williams, I S ^b   Gibson, R L ^c   Cartwright, I ^d   Miller, J A ^e  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Age; Carbon isotopes; Limpopo Belt; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUST; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; MARBLE; METAMORPHISM; PRECAMBRIAN; SHRIMP DATING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0042347711     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-059     Document Type: Article

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