Pitfalls and new approaches in granulite chronometry An example from the Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe

Precambrian Research

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 269-285

  Kamber, B S ^a   Frei, R ^b,c   Gibb, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dating; Inclusions; Isotopic closure; Metamorphism; Rates

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM;

ZIMBABWE, LIMPOPO BELT;

EID: 0032585052     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00053-9     Document Type: Article

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