Composition and single zircon U-Pb emplacement and metamorphic ages of the Aggeneys Granite Suite, Bushmanland, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-110

  Bailie, Russell ^a,b   Armstrong, Richard ^c   Reid, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EMPLACEMENT; FRACTIONATION; GNEISS; GRANITE; GRANULITE FACIES; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; AGGENEYS; LIMPOPO; NAMAQUALAND; NORTHERN CAPE; OKIEP; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547791892     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.110.1.87     Document Type: Article

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