Field relationships and age of supracrustal Beit Bridge Complex and associated granitoid gneisses in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-213

  Kroner A ^a   Jaeckel, P ^a,b   Hofmann, A ^a   Nemchin, A A ^c   Brandl, G ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Gneiss; Granite; Metamorphism; Proterozoic; South Africa

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITE; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0345628620     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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