The Tugela Terrane, Natal belt: Kibaran magmatism and tectonism along the southeast margin of the Kaapvaal Craton

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-97

  Johnston, S T ^a   McCourt, S ^b   Bisnath, A ^b   Mitchell, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIATION; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE;

KAAPVAAL CRATON; KWAZULU-NATAL; NATAL BELT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0042885375     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/1060085     Document Type: Article

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