New insights into the geology of the Namaqua Tectonic Province, South Africa, from ion probe dating of detrital and metamorphic zircon

Journal of Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 347-366

  Raith, Johann G ^a   Cornell, David H ^b   Frimmel, Hartwig E ^c   De Beer, Coenraad H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ION MICROPROBE; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ZIRCON;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0042312538     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/373973     Document Type: Article

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