New Zircon Ages for Precambrian Granites, Gneisses and Granulites from Central and Southern Madagascar: Significance for Correlations in East Gondwana

Gondwana Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 351-352

  Kroner A ^a   Windley, B F ^b   Jaeckel, P ^a,c   Collins, A S ^b   Brewer, T S ^b   Nemchin, A ^d   Razakamanana, T ^e  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Universite de Toliara   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; GNEISS; GONDWANA; GRANITE; GRANULITE; PRECAMBRIAN; ZIRCON;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0038479025     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70272-0     Document Type: Article

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