New zircon ages and regional significance for the evolution of the Pan-African orogen in Madagascar

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1125-1135

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

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d Universite de Toliara   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

207Pb 206Pb; Madagascar; Metamorphism; Orogeny; Pan African Orogeny

Indexed keywords

LEAD-LEAD DATING; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; ZIRCON;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0343114277     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.6.1125     Document Type: Article

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