Zircon geochronology of anatectic melts and residues from a high-grade pelitic assemblage at Ihosy, southern Madagascar: Evidence for Pan-African granulite metamorphism

Geological Magazine

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-323

  Kroner A ^a   Braun, I ^b   Jaeckel, P ^a,c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATECTIC MELT; GRANULITE FACIES; LEAD/LEAD DATING; METAMORPHISM; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; URANIUM/LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

MADAGASCAR, IHOSY;

EID: 0029767577     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756800009043     Document Type: Article

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