3230-3200 Ma post-orogenic extension and mid-crustal magmatism along the southeastern margin of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 844-858

  Lana, Cristiano ^a,b   Buick, Ian ^a   Stevens, Gary ^a   Rossouw, Riana ^a   De Wet, Willem ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Barberton; Dome and keel; Geochronology; Greenstone belt; LA ICP MS

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BARBERTON; CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GRANITOIDS; GRANODIORITE; GREENSTONE BELTS; LA-ICP-MS; MAGMATISMS; PLUTONS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURAL DATA; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TECTONIC BOUNDARIES; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY; U-PB ZIRCON;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DOMES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETION; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANODIORITE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MAGMATISM; OROGENY; PLUTON; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRAIN;

BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 79955017486     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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