Zircon geochronology of the Oribi Gorge Suite, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Constraints on the timing of trans-current shearing in the Namaqua-Natal Belt

Precambrian Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-46

  Eglington, B M ^a,b   Thomas, R J ^a,c   Armstrong, R A ^d   Walraven, F ^a  

^a Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Granitoid Chamockite; Mesoproterozoic; Natal; Oribi Gorge; U Pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MINERAL; PLUTONIUM; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC SETTING; ZIRCON;

AGE; ARTICLE; GEOLOGICAL ERA; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; MESOZOIC; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR STRESS; SOUTH AFRICA;

NAMAQUA-NATAL BELT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0038623970     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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