The significance of U-Pb zircon dates in lower crustal xenoliths from the southwestern margin of the Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa

Chemical Geology

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 59-76

  Schmitz, Mark D ^a   Bowring, Samuel A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kaapvaal craton; Lower crust; South Africa; U Pb geocronology; Xenoliths; Zircon

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LOWER CRUST; URANIUM SERIES DATING; XENOLITH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035072885     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00236-9     Document Type: Article

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