A geophysically constrained litho-structural analysis of the Eburnean greenstone belts and associated granitoid domains, Burkina Faso, West Africa

Precambrian Research

Volumn 190, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 48-69

  Metelka, Václav ^a,b,c   Baratoux, Lenka ^a   Naba, Séta ^d   Jessell, Mark W ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Airborne geophysics; Burkina Faso; Paleoproterozoic; Remote sensing; Structural analysis; West Africa

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GRANITOID; GREENSTONE BELT; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; REGOLITH; REMOTE SENSING; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 80052745128     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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