Pan-African high pressure isobaric cooling: Evidence from the mineralogy and thermobarometry of the granulite-facies rocks from the Uluguru Mountains, eastern Tanzania

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 443-463

  Muhongo, S ^a   Tuisku, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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EID: 0002663905     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(97)00012-2     Document Type: Article

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