Shear-zone patterns and eclogite-facies metamorphism in the Mozambique belt of northern Malawi, east-central Africa: Implications for the assembly of Gondwana

Precambrian Research

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 19-56

  Ring, Uwe ^a   Kröner, Alfred ^a   Buchwaldt, Robert ^a,b   Toulkeridis, Theofilos ^c   Layer, Paul W ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Deformation; Eclogite; Gondwana; Metamorphism; Mozambique belt; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

LEAD; URANIUM;

DEFORMATION; ECLOGITE; GONDWANA; METAMORPHISM; P-T-T PATH; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL ERA; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MALAWI; METAMORPHOSIS; MOZAMBIQUE; PRECAMBRIAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SHEAR FLOW; SHRIMP; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

MALAWI;

EID: 0037205393     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00233-9     Document Type: Article

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