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Taylor, J., Stevens, G. (2019) Comment on “High-temperature metamorphism and crustal melting at ca. 3.2 Ga in the eastern Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa” by Kröner et al.– why heating of the Ancient Gneiss Complex by a mantle plume at 3.2 Ga is not a viable tectonic model. Precambrian Research, 332. 105307 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2019.03.008

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TitleComment on “High-temperature metamorphism and crustal melting at ca. 3.2 Ga in the eastern Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa” by Kröner et al.– why heating of the Ancient Gneiss Complex by a mantle plume at 3.2 Ga is not a viable tectonic model
JournalPrecambrian Research
AuthorsTaylor, J.Author
Stevens, G.Author
Year2019 (September)Volume332
PublisherElsevier BV
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Full ReferenceTaylor, J., Stevens, G. (2019) Comment on “High-temperature metamorphism and crustal melting at ca. 3.2 Ga in the eastern Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa” by Kröner et al.– why heating of the Ancient Gneiss Complex by a mantle plume at 3.2 Ga is not a viable tectonic model. Precambrian Research, 332. 105307 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2019.03.008
Plain TextTaylor, J., Stevens, G. (2019) Comment on “High-temperature metamorphism and crustal melting at ca. 3.2 Ga in the eastern Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa” by Kröner et al.– why heating of the Ancient Gneiss Complex by a mantle plume at 3.2 Ga is not a viable tectonic model. Precambrian Research, 332. 105307 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2019.03.008
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