Geology and geochemistry of a granite-greenstone association in the southeastern Vredefort dome, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-314

  Lana, Cristiano ^a   Gibson, Roger L ^a   Reimold, Wolf U ^a   Minnitt, Richard C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; GREENSTONE; METAMORPHIC FACIES; METAMORPHISM;

AFRICA; FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VREDEFORT DOME;

EID: 2442515405     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/106.4.291     Document Type: Article

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