A new 1.9 Ga age for the Trompsburg intrusion, South Africa

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 351-360

  Maier, W D ^a   Peltonen, P ^b   Grantham, G ^c   Manttari I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Layered intrusion; Mantle plume; South Africa; Trompsburg; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LAYERED INTRUSION; MANTLE PLUME; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA; TROMPSBURG;

EID: 0042745408     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00281-4     Document Type: Article

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