Isotopic dating of Neoproterozoic crustal growth in the Usambara Mountains of northeastern Tanzania: Evidence for coeval crust formation in the Mozambique Belt and the Arabian-Nubian Shield

Precambrian Research

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 227-242

  Maboko, M A H ^a   Nakamura, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crust formation; Granulites; Mozambique Belt; Sm Nd geochronology; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM; SAMARIUM;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GRANULITE FACIES; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PROTEROZOIC; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING;

ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; MOZAMBIQUE; ROCK; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0037204147     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00213-3     Document Type: Article

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