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Growth-fault structure and stratigraphic architecture of the Buck Ridge volcano-sedimentary complex, upper Hooggenoeg Formation, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

Date

Authors

de Vries, Sjoukje T.

Nijman, Wouter

Armstrong, Richard

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The ∼3.45-3.42 Ga Buck Ridge volcano-sedimentary complex (BR-vsc) forms the uppermost part of the Hooggenoeg Formation, in the early Archaean Onverwacht Group of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. The complex consists mainly of massive and pil

Keywords

Keywords: Archean; basalt; deformation; felsic rock; greenstone belt; growth fault; listric fault; quartz; sedimentary rock; sedimentary structure; shallow water; SHRIMP dating; stratigraphy; tectonic structure; zircon; Africa; Australasia; Australia; Barberton Gre Barberton Greenstone Belt; Early Archaean; Early extension; Geochronology; Onverwacht Group; Syndepositional normal faulting

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/22310

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Precambrian Research

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.precamres.2006.04.005

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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