The western arm of the Lufilian Arc in NW Zambia and its potential for copper mineralization

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 503-528

  Key, R M ^a   Liyungu, A K ^b   Njamu, F M ^b   Somwe, V ^b   Banda, J ^b   Mosley, P N ^a   Armstrong, R A ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Geol Survey Department of Zambia   (Zambia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copper mineralization; Geochronology; Lufilian Arc; Rodinia; Zambia

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MINERALIZATION; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ZAMBIA;

EID: 0036317314     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0899-5362(01)00098-7     Document Type: Article

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