Archean magmatic granulites, diapirism, and Proterozoic reworking in the Northern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 207, Issue , 2011, Pages 245-267

  Blenkinsop, T G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; DEXTRAL SHEARING; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; KINEMATIC INDICATORS; MANTLE COMPONENT; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRENGTHENING EFFECT;

GRANITE;

ARCHEAN; CHARNOCKITE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIAPIRISM; GNEISS; GRANULITE; MAGMATISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSITION ZONE;

LIMPOPO BELT;

EID: 80051897382     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.1207(13)     Document Type: Article

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