Deformed A-type granites in northern Malawi, east-central Africa: Pre- or syntectonic?

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 695-714

  Ring, U ^a   Kroner A ^a   Layer, P ^b   Buchwaldt, R ^a   Toulkeridis, T ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Deformation; Granites; Irumide orogeny; Malawi; Pan African orogeny

Indexed keywords

A TYPE ROCK; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; METAMORPHISM;

MALAWI;

EID: 0344172764     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.4.0695     Document Type: Article

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