A multielement geochronologic study of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe: Significance of the robust and reset ages

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 353-369

  Mukasa, S B ^a   Wilson, A H ^b   Carlson, R W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Archean; Great Dyke; Isotopes; Layered intrusions; Mantle

Indexed keywords

DIKE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAYERED INTRUSION;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032535823     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00228-3     Document Type: Article

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