3.5 Ga old terranes in the West African Craton, Mauritania

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 507-510

  Potrel, Alain ^a   Peucat, Jean J ^a   Fanning, C Mark ^b   Auvray, Bernard ^b   Burg, Jean P ^c   Caruba, Christiane ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Lower Archaean; Sm Nd; U Pb; West Africa; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHAEAN; CRUSTAL GROWTH; WEST AFRICAN CRATON;

MAURITANIA, WEST REGUIBAT RISE;

EID: 0030482464     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.4.0507     Document Type: Article

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