Re-Os isotope and geochemical study of the Vredefort Granophyre: Clues to the origin of the Vredefort structure, South Africa

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 913-916

  Koeberl, Christian ^a   Reimold, Wolf Uwe ^b   Shirey, Steven B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GALLIUM; ISOTOPES; METEORITES; RHENIUM ALLOYS; ROCKS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS;

CHONDRITIC COMPONENTS; DATA RANGES; IMPACT MELT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RE-OS ISOTOPES; ROCK DIKE; SOUTH AFRICA; GEOCHEMICALS;

OSMIUM ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOYS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANOPHYRE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELT INCLUSION; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPACT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MELT ROCK;

AFRICA; OSH [(RGA) KYRGYZSTAN]; SOUTH AFRICA; ORANGE FREE STATE; VREDEFORT STRUCTURE;

EID: 84874971667     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0913:ROIAGS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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