Structure, metamorphism, and geochronology of the Rhenosterkoppies Greenstone Belt, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-334

  Passeraub, M ^a   Wust T ^a   Kreissig, K ^a   Smit, C A ^b   Kramers, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0344002680     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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