Geologic history of the Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex: The West Alldays area

Journal of Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 699-716

  Boshoff, R ^a   Van Reenen, D D ^a   Smit, C A ^a   Perchuk, L L ^a,b,c   Kramers, J D ^a,d   Armstrong, R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRANULITE FACIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PARAGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO BELT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750990212     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507615     Document Type: Article

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