U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronological constraints on the tectonic evolution of the easternmost part of the Zambezi orogenic belt, northeast Zimbabwe

Precambrian Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 67-82

  Vinyu, Michael L ^a   Hanson, Richard E ^b   Martin, Mark W ^c   Bowring, Samuel A ^c   Jelsma, Hielke A ^a   Krol, Michael A ^c,d   Dirks, Paul H G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Atmosph Planet Sci M ^*  (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Mozambique belt; Pan African orogenesis; Zambezi belt; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033404121     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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