Petrology of basement-dominated terranes: I. Regional metamorphic T-t path from U-Pb monazite and Sm-Nd garnet geochronology (Central Damara orogen, Namibia)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 223-247

  Jung, S ^a   Mezger, K ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Damara orogen; Geochronology; Granites; Migmatites; P T t paths

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; MIGMATITE; OROGENY; P-T-T PATH; PALEOZOIC; PETROLOGY; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0038018601     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(03)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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