Late Cretaceous reactivation of major crustal shear zones in northern Namibia: Constraints from apatite fission track analysis

Tectonophysics

Volumn 349, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 75-92

  Raab, Matthias J ^a   Brown, Roderick W ^b   Gallagher, Kerry ^c   Carter, Andrew ^d   Weber, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track thermochronology; Denudation; Namibia; Omaruru Lineament Waterberg Thrust; Reactivation; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DENUDATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; REACTIVATION; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0036295242     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00047-1     Document Type: Article

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