New PGE and Re/Os-isotope data from lower crustal sections of the Vredefort Dome and a reinterpretation of its "crust on edge" profile

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 173-184

  Hart, Rodger J ^a   McDonald, Iain ^b   Tredoux, Marian ^c   de Wit, Maarten J ^c   Carlson, Richard W ^d   Andreoli, Marco ^e   Moser, Desmond E ^f   Ashwal, Lewis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NECSA   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; EXHUMATION; GRANULITE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; METAMORPHISM;

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

EID: 4444327195     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/107.1-2.173     Document Type: Article

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