P-T record of two high-grade metamorphic events in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex, South Africa

Lithos

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 70-105

  Perchuk, L L ^a,b,c   van Reenen, D D ^c   Varlamov, D A ^b   van Kal, S M ^c   Tabatabaeimanesh, ^a   Boshoff, R ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Geothermobarometry; Granulites; Limpopo Complex; Local equilibria; P T paths; Polymetamorphism

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GNEISS; GRANULITE FACIES; GREENSTONE BELT; HETEROGENEITY; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PRECAMBRIAN; SHEAR; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRAIN;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 44649177070     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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