Shrimp baddeleyite and zircon ages for an Umkondo dolerite sill, Nyanga Mountains, Eastern Zimbabwe

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-22

  Wingate, M T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0013502488     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/104.1.13     Document Type: Article

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