Age constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Itremo Region in Central Madagascar

Precambrian Research

Volumn 123, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 87-110

  Fernandez, Alain ^a   Schreurs, Guido ^a   Villa, Igor M ^a   Huber, Sarah ^a   Rakotondrazafy, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Ar Ar; Gondwana; Madagascar; Proterozoic; Tectonics; U Th Pb monazite

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; PRECAMBRIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; MADAGASCAR; PROTEROZOIC; REVIEW; SEDIMENT;

(CENTRAL); ITREMO; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0038798002     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00063-9     Document Type: Review

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