Published 1990 | Version v1
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New isotope data from the Koperberg Suite and some associated rocks, Okiep district, Namaqualand, South Africa

Creators

  • 1. Witwatersrand Univ., Johannesburg (South Africa)
  • 2. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa). Bernard Price Inst. of Geophysical Research
  • 3. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch (South Africa). Div. of Earth, Marine and Atmospheric Science and Technology
  • 4. Leeds Univ. (United Kingdom). Dept. of Earth Sciences

Description

The Koperberg Suite is an anorthosite-charnockite kindred and 1500 bodies of these rocks have been recognised in the Okiep district and 30 of them have been mined for copper since 1852. The suite is intrusive into country rocks. New isotope data presented includes U-Pb zircon and whole-rock Pb-Pb, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd and Ar-Ar analyses. 10 refs

Part of:
Abstracts Geocongress '90

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Abstracts Geocongress '90
Imprint Pagination
787 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 96-98.

Conference

Title
23. Earth science congress of the Geological Society of South Africa.
Dates
2-6 Jul 1990.
Place
Cape Town (South Africa).

INIS

Country of Publication
South Africa
Country of Input or Organization
South Africa
INIS RN
23069684
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ARGON 39; ARGON 40; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; ISOTOPE DATING; ISOTOPE RATIO; LEAD; METAMORPHISM; NEODYMIUM; PETROLOGY; RUBIDIUM; SAMARIUM; SOUTH AFRICA; STRONTIUM 86; STRONTIUM 87; URANIUM
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; AFRICA; AGE ESTIMATION; ALKALI METALS; ARGON ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; METALS; NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE EARTHS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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