A new insight into Pan-African tectonics in the East-West Gondwana collision zone by U-Pb zircon dating of granites from central Madagascar

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 45-56

  Paquette, Jean Louis ^a   Nédélec, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Granite; Madagascar; Magma; Orogeny; U Pb

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; GONDWANA; TECTONICS; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0031819566     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00205-7     Document Type: Article

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