Stratigraphy of the west-central part of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 329, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-36

  Lowe, Donald R ^a   Byerly, Gary R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANTICLINE; DACITE; FACIES; GREENSTONE BELT; KOMATIITE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY;

BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 84871256430     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2329-9.1     Document Type: Review

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