U-Pb SHRIMP data for the Madibe greenstone belt: Implications for crustal growth on the western margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-78

  Poujol, Marc ^a   Hirner, Andreas J ^b,c   Armstrong, Richard A ^d   Anhaeusser, Carl R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GREENSTONE BELT; ISLAND ARC; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 49249083332     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.111.1.67     Document Type: Article

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