Palaeoarchaean (3.3 Ga) mafic magmatism and Palaeoproterozoic (2.02 Ga) amphibolite-facies metamorphism in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt: New geochronological, petrological and geochemical constraints from metabasic and metapelitic rocks from the Venetia area

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-408

  Chudy, T C ^a   Zeh, A ^a   Gerdes, A ^b   Klemd, R ^c   Barton, J M Jr ^d,e  

^a Lehrstuhl fur Geoclynamik and Geomaterialforschung   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^e NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARCHEAN; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DATA SET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; TERRANE; THOLEIITE; THRUST; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO BELT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67449107035     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.111.4.387     Document Type: Article

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