Age of the Eastern Kaapvaal mantle: Re-Os isotope data for peridotite xenoliths from the Monastery kimberlite

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 81-90

  Carlson, Richard W ^a   Moore, Rory O ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Mineral Services Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; XENOLITH;

AFRICA; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 4444335614     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/107.1-2.81     Document Type: Article

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