Granulite facies anatexis in the Ancient Gneiss Complex, Swaziland, at 2.73 Ga: Mid-crustal metamorphic evidence for mantle heating of the Kaapvaal craton during Ventersdorp magmatism

Precambrian Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 88-102

  Taylor, Jeanne ^a   Stevens, Gary ^a   Armstrong, Richard ^b   Kisters, Alexander F M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ancient Gneiss Complex; Archaean; Geochronology; Kaapvaal craton; Metamorphism; Neoarchaean crustal evolution

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANULITE FACIES; HEAT FLOW; LEUCOSOME; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; MIGMATITE; SHRIMP DATING; UPLIFT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

KAAPVAAL CRATON; SWAZILAND;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 74149087233     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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