Pro- and retrograde P-T evolution of granulites of the Beit Bridge Complex (Limpopo Belt, South Africa): Constraints from quantitative phase diagrams and geotectonic implications

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-95

  Zeh, A ^a   Klemd, R ^a   Buhlmann, S ^a   Barton, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CNKMnTiFMASH; Granulites; Limpopo Belt; P T path; P T pseudosections

Indexed keywords

GNEISS; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

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

EID: 1542442582     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2004.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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