Metabasites along the amphibolite- granulite facies transition in the Okiep Copper District, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-100

  Raith, J G ^a   Meisel, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

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EID: 2342630895     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/104.1.77     Document Type: Article

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