Subduction and terrane collision stabilize the western Kaapvaal craton tectosphere 2.9 billion years ago

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 363-376

  Schmitz, Mark D ^a,b   Bowring, Samuel A ^b   de Wit, Maarten J ^c   Gartz, Volker ^d  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Collisional orogenesis; Continental lithosphere; Kaapvaal craton; Tectosphere; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 2442715462     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.03.036     Document Type: Article

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