Dating basaltic volcanism in the Neoarchaean Sukumaland Greenstone Belt of the Tanzania Craton using the Sm-Nd method: Implications for the geological evolution of the Tanzania Craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 35-45

  Manya, S ^a   Maboko, M A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Granitoids; Greenstone Belt; Metabasalts; Sm Nd dating; Tanzania Craton

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM; SAMARIUM;

ARCHEAN; BASALT; CRATON; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSTONE BELT; METAMORPHISM; VOLCANISM;

ARTICLE; BASALT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; VOLCANO;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0037470601     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00195-X     Document Type: Article

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