The melt rocks of the Vredefort impact structure - Vredefort Granophyre and pseudotachylitic breccias: Implications for impact cratering and the evolution of the Witwatersrand Basin

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-35

  Reimold, Wolf Uwe ^a   Gibson, Roger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breccia formation; Granophyre; Impact cratering; Impact melt rock; Pseudotachylite; Pseudotachylitic breccia; Vredefort impact structure; Witwatersrand gold

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BRECCIA; CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PSEUDOTACHYLITE;

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

EID: 30644475359     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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