Palaeomagnetism of the 2054 Ma Bushveld complex (South Africa): Implications for emplacement and cooling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 850-872

  Letts, Shawn ^a,b   Torsvik, Trond H ^a,c,d   Webb, Susan J ^a   Ashwal, Lewis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Anglo Platinum South Africa   (South Africa)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Africa; Large igneous provinces; Palaeomagnetism applied to geologic processes; Reversals: process, timescale, magnetostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; TIMESCALE;

AFRICA; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70350417005     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04346.x     Document Type: Article

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