Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotopic compositions of the Rooiberg Group, South Africa: Early Bushveld-related volcanism

Lithos

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 373-388

  Buchanan, P C ^a,b   Reimold, W U ^b   Koeberl, C ^c   Kruger, F J ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d School of Geosciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Bushveld Complex; Magma source; Rb Sr; Rooiberg Group; Sm Nd

Indexed keywords

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; VOLCANISM;

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

EID: 3042746900     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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