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Delineation of sandstone reservoirs of Pletmos Basin offshore South Africa into Flow Units using Core Data 利用岩心数据将南非近海Pletmos盆地砂岩储层圈定为流动单元
IF 1.8 4区 地球科学
South African Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.25131/sajg.123.0032
M. Opuwari, M. Amponsah-Dacosta, Saeed Mohammed, N. Egesi
{"title":"Delineation of sandstone reservoirs of Pletmos Basin offshore South Africa into Flow Units using Core Data","authors":"M. Opuwari, M. Amponsah-Dacosta, Saeed Mohammed, N. Egesi","doi":"10.25131/sajg.123.0032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.123.0032","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The present study is focused on the comparison of petrophysical rock typing and zonation methods of the Valanginian age sandstone in the Pletmos Basin offshore South Africa, to produce a zonation scheme for the low-permeability shaly sandstone reservoirs from core porosity and permeability data. The Valanginian age sediments of the Lower Cretaceous consist predominantly of a shallow marine sequence with interbeds of siltstone, claystone, generally fine-grained sandstone, and glauconitic, with varying amounts of an argillaceous matrix. A core description report was used in conjunction with a gamma-ray log to group rock types into different facies based on texture and grain size. Three different facies were identified as facies 1, a moderately sorted fine to medium-grained glauconitic sandstone; facies 2, a fine to very fine-grained glauconitic sandstone, moderately sorted; facies 3, a very fine sandstone to siltstone, laminated, argillaceous and bioturbated. Three independent reservoir zonation methods (Winland r35 pore throat, Hydraulic Flow Unit, and Stratigraphic Modified Lorenz Plot) were applied to three wells (SW1, SW2, and SW3) for which wireline logs, core porosity, and permeability data are available. Results were analyzed and compared with facies used as a context for the identification of rock types and zones. The results revealed eleven zones, grouped as moderate, very-low, and tight zones. The moderate flow zone is the best reservoir quality rock composed of macroporous rock type, ranked, as good rock type associated with facies 1. Three very-low flow zones were identified, which are of a microporous rock type, ranked as poor quality rock, associated with facies 2. Eight tight zones were revealed, which are of nanoporous rock type ranked as an impervious rock. The tight flow zone is the most reduced rock quality associated with facies 3. This study has developed a zonation scheme that will be used to locate other flow zones as well as to investigate whether the units/zones identified extend to other parts of the field.","PeriodicalId":49494,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Geology","volume":"123 1","pages":"479-492"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.25131/sajg.123.0032","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45874874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 7
Geochemical characterization of hydrocarbon source rocks of the Triassic-Jurassic time interval in the Mandawa basin, southern Tanzania: Implications for petroleum generation potential 坦桑尼亚南部曼达瓦盆地三叠纪-侏罗系烃源岩的地球化学特征:对石油生成潜力的启示
IF 1.8 4区 地球科学
South African Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.25131/sajg.123.0037
A. Emanuel, C. H. Kasanzu, M. Kagya
{"title":"Geochemical characterization of hydrocarbon source rocks of the Triassic-Jurassic time interval in the Mandawa basin, southern Tanzania: Implications for petroleum generation potential","authors":"A. Emanuel, C. H. Kasanzu, M. Kagya","doi":"10.25131/sajg.123.0037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.123.0037","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Triassic to mid-Jurassic core samples of the Mandawa basin, southern Tanzania (western coast of the Indian Ocean), were geochemically analyzed in order to constrain source rock potentials and petroleum generation prospects of different stratigraphic formations within the coastal basin complex. The samples were collected from the Mihambia, Mbuo and Nondwa Formations in the basin. Geochemical characterization of source rocks intersected in exploration wells drilled between 503 to 4042 m below surface yielded highly variable organic matter contents (TOC) rated between fair and very good potential source rocks (0.5 to 8.7 wt%; mean ca. 2.3 wt%). Based on bulk geochemical data obtained in this study, the Mandawa source rocks are mainly Type I, Type II, Type III, mixed Types II/III and Type IV kerogens, with a predominance of Type II, Type III and mixed Type II/III. Based on pyrolysis data (Tmax 417 to 473oC; PI = 0.02 to 0.47; highly variable HI = 13 to 1 000 mg/gTOC; OI = 16 to 225 mg/g; and VR values of between 0.24 to 0.95% Ro) we suggest that the Triassic Mbuo Formation and possibly the mid-Jurassic Mihambia Formation have a higher potential for hydrocarbon generation than the Nondwa Formation as they are relatively thermally mature.","PeriodicalId":49494,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Geology","volume":"123 1","pages":"587-596"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.25131/sajg.123.0037","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46972352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 7
A mineralogical perspective on the recovery of uranium from brannerite-rich ore at Cooke Section, West Rand Goldfield, South Africa 从矿物学角度研究从南非西兰德金矿库克段富含brannerite的矿石中回收铀
IF 1.8 4区 地球科学
South African Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.25131/sajg.123.0031
S. F. Mkhatshwa, B. Guy, A.J. Smith, K. Viljoen
{"title":"A mineralogical perspective on the recovery of uranium from brannerite-rich ore at Cooke Section, West Rand Goldfield, South Africa","authors":"S. F. Mkhatshwa, B. Guy, A.J. Smith, K. Viljoen","doi":"10.25131/sajg.123.0031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.123.0031","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The recovery of uranium from quartz-pebble conglomerates of the Witwatersrand Basin is accomplished through sulphuric acid dissolution under oxidising conditions. At Cooke Section on the West Rand Goldfield, the extraction process has been plagued by low to moderate yields on the order of 40 to 75%, as opposed to a target recovery of 80%. This has been ascribed to the high abundance of brannerite in the ore, which has traditionally been more problematic to leach. In addition to brannerite, poor metallurgical recoveries may also be associated with processing inefficiencies related to comminution, residence time, acid dosage and leach temperature. In view of this, a range of ore samples (channel samples) were collected from four uranium-bearing conglomerate horizons at Cooke Section (the A1, A5, E9EC and UE1A reefs) for detailed mineralogical and metallurgical characterisation, involving automated mineralogical analysis, and laboratory-scale leach testwork.\u0000 The mineralogical results show that the major uranium-bearing minerals of uraninite, coffinite and brannerite are fine-grained (~80% passing 32 micron) and exhibit high degrees of mineral exposure to the lixiviant (~99%). Despite these favourable attributes, the elemental deportment data indicate that brannerite accounts for approximately 43% of the combined uranium budget. Further inspection shows that brannerite can be subdivided into three compositional subtypes: uraniferous brannerite (~13% U deportment), brannerite (~25% U deportment) and titaniferous brannerite (~5% U deportment).\u0000 Baseline laboratory leach tests, which replicated plant leach conditions of 30 kg/ton acid, 4 kg/t oxidant, 24 hour residence time and 60°C leach temperature, yielded elevated dissolutions between ~77% and ~96%, with a combined overall uranium recovery of ~94%. These results are not consistent with the low yields obtained at the processing plant, and suggest that the high level of uranium recovery can be attributed to the effective leaching of brannerite (most likely uraniferous brannerite and brannerite). In view of prevailing market conditions, variability tests were carried out on a representative bulk composite sample to investigate the potential to achieve similar yields under more cost-effective leaching conditions. In these tests, a single parameter was varied (e.g. acid dosage), while the remaining parameters remained at baseline conditions. The results demonstrate that uranium recoveries of ~80% can be achieved on Cooke Section ores at low acid dosages and high temperatures (18 kg/t, 60°C) or at moderate acid dosages and low temperatures (23 kg/t, 30°C). The associated reduction of input costs would represent a significant cost-saving for the Ezulwini gold and uranium recovery plant.\u0000 It is concluded that the poor uranium yields encountered during commercial processing of the ore are most likely related to undiagnosed inefficiencies in the treatment plant, such as excessive acid consumption related t","PeriodicalId":49494,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Geology","volume":"123 1","pages":"615-632"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48879990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Flower structures in sandstones of the Paleozoic Inkisi Group (Brazzaville, Republic of Congo): evidence for two major strike-slip fault systems and geodynamic implications 刚果共和国布拉柴维尔古生代Inkisi群砂岩中的花状构造:两个主要走滑断裂系统的证据及其地球动力学意义
IF 1.8 4区 地球科学
South African Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.25131/sajg.123.0038
H.M.D-V. Nkodia, Timothée Miyouna, D. Delvaux, F. Boudzoumou
{"title":"Flower structures in sandstones of the Paleozoic Inkisi Group (Brazzaville, Republic of Congo): evidence for two major strike-slip fault systems and geodynamic implications","authors":"H.M.D-V. Nkodia, Timothée Miyouna, D. Delvaux, F. Boudzoumou","doi":"10.25131/sajg.123.0038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.123.0038","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Few studies have reported field descriptions of flower structures associated with strike-slip faults. This study describes and illustrates flower structures near Brazzaville (Republic of Congo) and explains their implication for the tectonic history of the Paleozoic Inkisi Group. Field observations show that the Inkisi Group is affected by two major strike-slip fault systems. The oldest system is dominated by north-northwest–south-southeast striking sinistral strike-slip faults and minor east–west striking dextral strike-slip faults. The youngest system consists of dominant northeast–southwest striking dextral strike-slip faults and minor northwest–southeast striking sinistral strike-slip faults. Flower structures within these major strike slip faults show four types of arrangements that likely depend on fault growth, propagation and damage zones: (i) flower structures associated with wall damage zones; (ii) flower structures associated with linking damage zones; (iii) flower structures associated with tip damage zones; and (iv) “hourglass” flower structures.\u0000 Paleostress analysis reveals that both major fault systems originated from two differently oriented pure strike-slip regime stress stages. The first stage, which engendered the first major fault system, developed under northwest–southeast compression (i.e, σ1 = 322°). This phase probably coincided with north–south collision in the southern part of Gondwana in the Permo-Triassic and the Late Cretaceous compression times. The second stress stage, creating the second major fault system, developed under east–west (i.e, σ1 = 078°) compression. This phase is correlated with compression from the east–west opening of the Atlantic Ocean in the Miocene times.","PeriodicalId":49494,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Geology","volume":"123 1","pages":"531-550"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.25131/sajg.123.0038","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48088598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 8
Misrepresentation of early Karoo Volcanism: A critical discussion of aspects of “De Wit et al., 2020. Pillow talk: Volcanic rocks of the Karoo that formed many leagues under the Gondwanan Sea. South African Journal of Geology, doi: 0.25131/sajg.123.0021” 对早期卡鲁火山活动的歪曲:对“De Wit等人,2020”的关键讨论。枕边语:卡鲁火山的火山岩,在冈瓦南海下形成了许多联盟。南非地质学报,doi: 0.25131/sajg.123.0021”
IF 1.8 4区 地球科学
South African Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.25131/sajg.123.0044
J. Marsh
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引用次数: 2
Lithostratigraphy of the Palaeoproterozoic Hekpoort Formation (Pretoria Group, Transvaal Supergroup), South Africa 南非古元古代Hekpoort组(比勒陀利亚群,德兰士瓦超群)岩石地层
IF 1.8 4区 地球科学
South African Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.25131/sajg.123.0043
Nils Lenhardt, W. Altermann, F. Humbert, M. D. Kock
{"title":"Lithostratigraphy of the Palaeoproterozoic Hekpoort Formation (Pretoria Group, Transvaal Supergroup), South Africa","authors":"Nils Lenhardt, W. Altermann, F. Humbert, M. D. Kock","doi":"10.25131/sajg.123.0043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.123.0043","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The Palaeoproterozoic Hekpoort Formation of the Pretoria Group is a lava-dominated unit that has a basin-wide extent throughout the Transvaal sub-basin of South Africa. Additional correlative units may be present in the Kanye sub-basin of Botswana. The key characteristic of the formation is its general geochemical uniformity. Volcaniclastic and other sedimentary rocks are relatively rare throughout the succession but may be dominant in some locations. Hekpoort Formation outcrops are sporadic throughout the basin and mostly occur in the form of gentle hills and valleys, mainly encircling Archaean domes and the Palaeoproterozoic Bushveld Complex (BC). The unit is exposed in the western Pretoria Group basin, sitting unconformably either on the Timeball Hill Formation or Boshoek Formation, which is lenticular there, and on top of the Boshoek Formation in the east of the basin. The unit is unconformably overlain by the Dwaalheuwel Formation. The type-locality for the Hekpoort Formation is the Hekpoort farm (504 IQ Hekpoort), ca. 60 km to the west-southwest of Pretoria. However, no stratotype has ever been proposed. A lectostratotype, i.e., the Mooikloof area in Pretoria East, that can be enhanced by two reference stratotypes are proposed herein. The Hekpoort Formation was deposited in a cratonic subaerial setting, forming a large igneous province (LIP) in which short-termed localised ponds and small braided river systems existed. It therefore forms one of the major Palaeoproterozoic magmatic events on the Kaapvaal Craton.","PeriodicalId":49494,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Geology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47580096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
The setting and style of manganese mineralization in the Constantiaberg Massif, Cape Peninsula, South Africa 南非开普半岛Constantiaberg地块锰成矿的背景和样式
IF 1.8 4区 地球科学
South African Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.25131/sajg.123.0034
A. M. Killick
{"title":"The setting and style of manganese mineralization in the Constantiaberg Massif, Cape Peninsula, South Africa","authors":"A. M. Killick","doi":"10.25131/sajg.123.0034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.123.0034","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Manganese oxyhydroxide mineralization is widespread in the Constantiaberg Massif. It is largely hosted by west-northwest – east-southeast trending brittle structures in the competent Ordovician arenites of the Peninsula Formation of the Cape Supergroup. Manganese is also found impregnating more porous Peninsula Formation arenites and Quaternary scree.\u0000 This study proposes that the more significant deposits at Hout Bay and Constantiaberg differ from most of the mineralization in that they are spatially associated with saprolithic dolerite dykes belonging to the 132 Ma False Bay dolerite dyke swarm. It is suggested that this deep weathering may be related to a Miocene palaeo-landsurface, yielding a maximum age for these more important Mn deposits. However, there is evidence for mineralization of different ages through the Quaternary Period.\u0000 Apart from Mn-mineralization hosted by rare breccias containing hydrothermal quartz, most of the mineralization is supergene, having been leached and transported in reduced acidic groundwater and precipitated at or near a redox front in a near-surface environment.","PeriodicalId":49494,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Geology","volume":"123 1","pages":"493-510"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.25131/sajg.123.0034","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47161879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Spatial variations of sills and implications for magma dispersal across the Karoo basin 卡鲁盆地岩浆扩散的空间变化及其意义
IF 1.8 4区 地球科学
South African Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.25131/sajg.123.0035
A. Coetzee, A. Kisters
{"title":"Spatial variations of sills and implications for magma dispersal across the Karoo basin","authors":"A. Coetzee, A. Kisters","doi":"10.25131/sajg.123.0035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.123.0035","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Dolerite sill complexes of the Karoo Large Igneous Province (ca. 183 Ma) show systematic variations in emplacement style and size throughout the Karoo basin. These variations are explained in terms of three main, interrelated factors, namely the overburden thickness or emplacement depth, variations in host rock rigidities as a result of sedimentary facies changes in the Karoo basin, and proximity to magma feeders.\u0000 In the northern parts of the thinner (<500 m) and more coarse-clastic Karoo stratigraphy, sills intrude preferentially below more rigid sandstone horizons that acted as stress barriers causing the arrest of magma ascent and lateral spreading below sandstone beds. The low overburden promotes roof uplift above sills and associated brittle faulting can initiate the formation of inclined sheets that limits the lateral propagation path of inner sills. Roof uplift is further promoted by the proximity to magma feeders in the basement and resulting variations in magma pressure that control the spreading rate and inflation of sills. Localised dyke networks spaced at regular intervals and rooted in underlying sills reflect the stretching of roof rocks above inflating sills. The combination of these effects results in relatively small (<10 km) diameters of sills in the northern parts of the basin.\u0000 Sills emplaced at intermediate depths (ca. 700 m) in the central Karoo basin are marked by larger diameters (>30 km) and thicknesses of up to 100 m. This reflects the higher overburden pressures and the delay of roof failure and subsequent formation of inclined sheets. Dyke networks in the roof of these sills become more irregular and non-systematic at these greater depths. At even greater depths of up to 2 km in the southern parts of the Karoo basin, mega-sills reach diameters of 50 to 80 km, but thicknesses of only up to 35 m. Thick shale-rich sequences in the southern Karoo basin facilitate sill emplacement through internal host-rock deformation and ductile flow. The thicker overburden and different host rock rigidity delay or suppress roof failure and formation of inclined sheet, thus allowing for the lateral propagation of sills. The deeper-seated sills are typically not associated with local dyke networks.","PeriodicalId":49494,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Geology","volume":"123 1","pages":"511-530"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.25131/sajg.123.0035","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42881262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
Silicified fossil woods from the Late Permian Middleton Formation, Beaufort Group, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa and their palaeoenvironmental significance 南非东开普省博福特群晚二叠世Middleton组硅化木化石及其古环境意义
IF 1.8 4区 地球科学
South African Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.25131/sajg.123.0036
M. Bamford, B. Cairncross, H. Lombard
{"title":"Silicified fossil woods from the Late Permian Middleton Formation, Beaufort Group, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa and their palaeoenvironmental significance","authors":"M. Bamford, B. Cairncross, H. Lombard","doi":"10.25131/sajg.123.0036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.123.0036","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Fossil wood is described from the Late Permian Middleton Formation, Adelaide Subgroup, Beaufort Group of the Karoo Supergroup in the Easter Cape Province, South Africa. The wood consists of in situ tree trunks up to 9 m long, partially enclosed in fine-grained sandstone surrounded by argillaceous mudstone and siltstone. The strata are poorly exposed due to the eroded and denuded land surface. All are lying horizontally and none are in upright growth positions. Comparisons of the study site lithologies with known surrounding Middleton Formation lithostratigraphy supports the interpretation that the palaeoenvironment responsible for the transport and deposition of the fossil wood was fluvial, with sandstone representing in-channel deposits and the mudstone-siltstone flood plain sequences where the trees were originally located before being uprooted and transported within the channels. Thin sections of twenty-nine wood samples revealed the presence of four existing taxa, Agathoxylon africanum, Agathoxylon karooensis, Australoxylon natalense and Australoxylon teixeirae. Growth rings of all the samples show a wide range of ring width from 1 mm to 11 mm, indicating growth under suitable climatic regimes with adequate water supply interspersed by very wet and warm periods. Crushed earlywood, s-shaped cell walls and torn cell walls suggest felling of trees during storm and/or flood events followed by sedimentary transport in palaeochannels prior deposition within the channel sands.","PeriodicalId":49494,"journal":{"name":"South African Journal of Geology","volume":"123 1","pages":"465-478"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.25131/sajg.123.0036","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42073114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 4
Age of the Archaean Murchison Belt and mineralisation, South Africa 南非太古宙Murchison带的时代和矿化作用
IF 1.8 4区 地球科学
South African Journal of Geology Pub Date : 2020-11-09 DOI: 10.25131/sajg.124.0001
J. Vearncombe, N. McNaughton, J. K. Porter, Jian-Wei Zi, C. Talavera
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