Application of graphite as a geothermometer in hydrothermally altered metamorphic rocks of the Merelani-Lelatema area, Mozambique Belt, northeastern Tanzania

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 313-316

  Malisa, Elias Pausen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMOMETER; GRAPHITE; METAMORPHIC ROCK;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0031816479     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(98)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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