40Ar/39Ar age constraints on ore deposition and cooling of the Bushveld Complex South Africa

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 411-420

  Nomade, Sebastien ^a,b   Renne, Paul R ^a,b   Merkle, Roland K W ^c  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Bushveld Complex; Ore deposits; Radioactive decay; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; COOLING; ORE DEPOSIT; PRECAMBRIAN; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2142707246     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016764903-065     Document Type: Article

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