U-Pb single zircon geochronology of granitoids in the Vumba granite-greenstone terrain (NE Botswana): Implications for the evolution of the Archaean Zimbabwe craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 149-168

  Bagai, Z ^a,b   Armstrong, R ^c   Kampunzu, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Botswana; Geochronology; Neoarchaean; SHRIMP zircon; Zimbabwe craton

Indexed keywords

LEAD; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARCHEAN; GRANITOID; GREENSTONE; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ZIRCON;

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHRONOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; PETROLOGY; VOLCANO; ZIMBABWE;

BOTSWANA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0037175735     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00074-8     Document Type: Article

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