Depositional age of the early Paleoproterozoic Klipputs Member, Nelani Formation (Ghaap Group, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa) and implications for low-level Re-Os geochronology and Paleoproterozoic global correlations

Precambrian Research

Volumn 237, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-12

  Kendall, Brian ^a,b   van Acken, David ^b   Creaser, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ghaap Group; Hamersley Group; Klipputs Member; Organic rich sedimentary rocks; Paleoproterozoic glaciations; Rhenium osmium geochronology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BANDED IRON FORMATION; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PROTEROZOIC; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSVAAL;

EID: 84884170605     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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