Barrovian and Buchan type metamorphism in the Pan-African Kaoko belt, Namibia: Implications for its geotectonic position within the framework of western Gondwana

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 431-454

  Will, T M ^a   Okrusch, M ^a   Gruner, B B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 34547789027     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/107.3.431     Document Type: Article

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