The source of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe, and its tectonic significance: Evidence from Re-Os isotopes

Journal of Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 565-578

  Schoenberg, R ^a   Nagler Th F ^a   Gnos, E ^a   Kramers, J D ^a   Kamber, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; TECTONIC SETTING;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0242274050     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/376766     Document Type: Article

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