A cryptic Mesoarchaean terrane in the basement to the Central African Copperbelt

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-14

  Rainaud, C ^a   Master, S ^a   Armstrong, R A ^b   Robb, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central African Copperbelt; Mesoarchaean; SHRIMP; Terranes

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASEMENT ROCK; COPPER; OROGENIC BELT; SHRIMP DATING; ZIRCON;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0037246415     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-087     Document Type: Article

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