The Broodkop shear zone, southeast Vredefort dome (South Africa): A Dominion-related extensional feature?

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-278

  Lana, Cristiano ^a,b   Gibson, Roger L ^a   Reimold, Wolf Uwe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GNEISS; GRANULITE FACIES; GREENSCHIST FACIES; SHEAR ZONE;

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

EID: 33846169380     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.109.3.265     Document Type: Article

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