SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of granites from the Central Zone, Limpopo Belt, southern Africa: Implications for the age of the Limpopo Orogeny

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 329-338

  McCourt, S ^a   Armstrong, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; OROGENY; ZIRCON;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032440529     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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