Steep extrusion of late Archaean granulites in the Northern Marginal Zone, Zimbabwe: Evidence for secular change in orogenic style

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 243, Issue , 2005, Pages 193-204

  Blenkinsop, Thomas G ^a   Kisters, Alexander F M ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GRANULITE; OROGENY; SHEAR;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LIMPOPO BELT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZIMBABWE;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 20444502476     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.243.01.14     Document Type: Article

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