New U-Pb SHRIMP zircon age for the Schurwedraai alkali granite: Implications for pre-impact development of the Vredefort Dome and extent of Bushveld magmatism, South Africa

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 537-548

  Graham, I T ^a,b   De Waal, S A ^a   Armstrong, Richard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushveld; Schurwedraai; SHRIMP; Vredefort; Witwatersrand

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; PRECAMBRIAN;

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

EID: 30444439713     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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