Precise U-Pb mineral ages, Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd systematics for the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe - Constraints on late Archean events in the Zimbabwe craton and Limpopo belt

Precambrian Research

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 293-305

  Oberthür, Thomas ^a   Davis, Donald W ^b   Blenkinsop, Thomas G ^c   Höhndorf, Axel ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Archean; Great Dyke; Limpopo belt; Rb Sr and Sm Nd isotope data; U Pb dating; Zimbabwe craton

Indexed keywords

LEAD; NEODYMIUM; RUBIDIUM; SAMARIUM; URANIUM;

ARCHEAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; MELTING POINT; METAMORPHOSIS; ROCK; ZIMBABWE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0037204133     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00215-7     Document Type: Article

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