Tectonic evolution of the Zambezi orogenic belt: Geochronological, structural, and petrological constraints from northern Zimbabwe

Precambrian Research

Volumn 123, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 159-186

  Hargrove, Ulysses S ^a   Hanson, Richard E ^b   Martin, Mark W ^c   Blenkinsop, Thomas G ^d   Bowring, Samuel A ^c   Walker, Nicholas ^c   Munyanyiwa, Hubert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Neoproterozoic orogeny; U Pb geochronology; Zambezi belt; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

LEAD; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE FACIES; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHRONOLOGY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; REVIEW; ZIMBABWE;

(NORTH); ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0037526502     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00066-4     Document Type: Review

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