The geology of the area surrounding the Venetia Kimberlite pipes, Limpopo Belt, South Africa: A complex interplay of nappe tectonics and granitoid magmatism

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 109-128

  Barton Jr , J M ^a   Barnett, W P ^b   Barton, E S ^c   Barnett, M ^a   Doorgapershad, A ^a   Twiggs, C ^a   Klemd, R ^d   Martin, J ^d   Mellonig, L ^d   Zenglein, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b Premier Diamond Mine   (South Africa)

^c De Beers Group   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITOID; KIMBERLITE; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO BELT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0742331016     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/106.2-3.109     Document Type: Article

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