The geochronology of the Limpopo Complex: A controversy solved

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 207, Issue , 2011, Pages 85-106

  Kramers, Jan D ^a,b   Mouri, Hassina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEFORMATION; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM ALLOYS; LUTETIUM ALLOYS; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

DISCRETE PHASE; GARNET DATING; HIGH GRADE METAMORPHISM; INTENSE DEFORMATION; MARGINAL ZONE; METAMORPHIC EVENTS; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; REGIONAL METAMORPHISMS;

LEAD ALLOYS;

ANATEXIS; ARCHEAN; ARGON-ARGON DATING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD-LEAD DATING; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

LIMPOPO BELT;

EID: 80051886372     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.1207(06)     Document Type: Article

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