Metamorphism of the Palaeoproterozoic Magondi mobile belt north of Karoi, Zimbabwe

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-240

  Munyanyiwa, Hubert ^a   Maaskant, Pieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULITE; HEAT FLOW; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0345435126     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(98)00058-X     Document Type: Article

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