Graphitization of organic matter and fluid-deposited graphite in Palaeoproterozoic (Birimian) black shales of the Kaya-Goren greenstone belt (Burkina Faso, West Africa)

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 937-958

  Kříbek, Bohdan ^a   Sykorova I ^b   Machovic V ^a,c   Laufek, F ^a  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Birimian; Crystallinity; Graphite; Palaeoproterozoic; Raman spectra; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

BIRRIMIAN; BLACK SHALE; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIZATION; GREENSCHIST FACIES; GREENSTONE BELT; ORGANIC MATTER; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REFLECTANCE; TECTONIC SETTING;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

TORREYA NUCIFERA;

EID: 56649113037     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2008.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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