Exhumation of Mesoarchean TTG gneisses from the middle crust: Insights from the Steynsdorp core complex, Barberton granitoid-greenstone terrain, South Africa

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 183-197

  Lana, Cristiano ^a   Kisters, Alex ^a   Stevens, Gary ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BUILDING BLOCKES; CORE COMPLEX; FABRIC DEVELOPMENT; GRANODIORITE; GREENSTONE BELTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; PLUTONIC ROCKS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURAL DATA; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCKS; TECTONIC PROCESS; TONALITE;

DOMES; EXTRUSION; FABRICS; GALLIUM; LANDFORMS; ROCKS; TECTONICS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ARCHEAN; EXHUMATION; GNEISS; GRANODIORITE; GREENSTONE BELT; METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC SETTING; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BOS;

EID: 74249122533     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26580.1     Document Type: Article

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