U-Pb and Hf isotope record of detrital zircons from gold-bearing sediments of the Pietersburg Greenstone Belt (South Africa)-Is there a common provenance with the Witwatersrand Basin?

Precambrian Research

Volumn 204-205, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-56

  Zeh, Armin ^a   Gerdes, Axel ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hf isotopes; Pietersburg greenstone belt; Provenance; U Pb dating; Witwatersrand basin

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL ARC; DEPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GREENSTONE BELT; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANTLE SOURCE; METAMORPHISM; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

SOUTH AFRICA; WITWATERSRAND;

EID: 84858731573     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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