Isotopic age data of single zircons from the Archaean Sukumaland Greenstone Belt, Tanzania

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 301-312

  Borg, G ^a   Krogh, T ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GREENSTONE BELT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0033172524     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00099-8     Document Type: Article

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