U-Pb baddeleyite ages linking major Archean dyke swarms to volcanic-rift forming events in the Kaapvaal craton (South Africa), and a precise age for the Bushveld Complex

Precambrian Research

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 490-500

  Olsson, J R ^a   Soderlund U ^a   Klausen, M B ^b   Ernst, R E ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Ernst Geosciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean; Baddeleyite; Bushveld Complex; Dolerite dyke swarms; Transvaal Supergroup; U Pb TIMS; Ventersdorp Supergroup

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BADDELEYITE; DIABASE; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAVA; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78449281875     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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