Single zircon ages, PT evolution and Nd isotopic systematics of high-grade gneisses in southern Malawi and their bearing on the evolution of the Mozambique belt in southeastern Africa

Precambrian Research

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 257-291

  Kroner A ^a   Willner, A P ^b   Hegner, E ^c   Jaeckel, P ^a,d   Nemchin, A ^e  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Gondwana; Malawi; Metamorphism; Mozambique belt; Zircon

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

GNEISS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC;

AFRICA; AGE; ALKALINITY; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COOLING; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; HISTORY; MAGNETISM; MALAWI; MELTING POINT; METAMORPHOSIS; VOLCANO;

AFRICA; MALAWI;

EID: 0035390798     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00150-4     Document Type: Article

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