| Abstract: | Studies of the development and stabilization of the Archaean crust often focus on the relative temporal relationships between the metamorphosed basaltic to ultramafic volcanic units (greenstone belts) and the sialic gneiss terrains that make up the oldest sections of the terrestrial crust. At the heart of this interest are the questions of the processes responsible for crust formation in the Archaean and whether or not the various units of an Archaean crustal section represent new additions to the crust from the mantle or are products of the reprocessing of even older crustal materials. One area where this controversy has been particularly pronounced is the Archaean crustal section of south-west Africa1-6. The oldest rocks in the Kaapvaal craton consist of the Onverwacht Group of mafic to ultramafic metavolcanics of the Barberton greenstone belt and a grey-gneiss complex termed the ancient gneiss complex (AGC) of Swaziland. We report here the results of a whole-rock Sm-Nd isotopic study of the AGC and the implications these data may have for crustal evolution in the Kaapvaal craton. ?? 1983 Nature Publishing Group. |
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| Citation Author: | Carlson, R. W.; Hunter, D. R.; Barker, F. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Sm-Nd age and isotopic systematics of the bimodal suite, ancient gneiss complex, Swaziland; 1983; Article; Journal; Nature; Carlson, R. W.; Hunter, D. R.; Barker, F. |
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| Text: | Sm-Nd age and isotopic systematics of the bimodal suite, ancient gneiss complex, Swaziland; 1983; Article; Journal; Nature; Carlson, R. W.; Hunter, D. R.; Barker, F. |
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