Stable isotope study of the Archaean rocks of the Vredefort impact structure, central Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-78

  Fagereng, A ^a,c   Harris, Chris ^a   La Grange, Mandy ^a   Stevens, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Archaean basement; Fluid rock interaction; Stable isotopes; Vredefort impact structure; Witwatersrand Supergroup

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASEMENT ROCK; GRANITE; GRANULITE FACIES; GREENSTONE; HOST ROCK; IMPACT STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST; METEORITE; ORTHOGNEISS; PARTIAL MELTING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

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

EID: 36448937088     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0224-6     Document Type: Article

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