Archean Greenstone Belts Do Contain Fragments of Ophiolites

Developments in Precambrian Geology

Volumn 13, Issue C, 2004, Pages 599-614

  de Wit, Maarten J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 77956745563     PISSN: 01662635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2635(04)13018-1     Document Type: Review

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