U-Pb dating of metamorphic minerals: Pan-African metamorphism and prolonged slow cooling of high pressure granulites in Tanzania, East Africa

Precambrian Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 123-146

  Möller, Andreas ^a,b,c   Mezger, Klaus ^b   Schenk, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Monazite; Mozambique Belt; Pan African orogeny; Rutile; Titanite; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MINERAL; URANIUM;

GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; COOLING; GEOLOGY; MAGNETISM; PRESSURE; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0034325302     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00086-3     Document Type: Article

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