Metamorphic petrology and zircon geochronology of high-grade rocks from the central Mozambique Belt of Tanzania: Crustal recycling of Archean and Palaeoproterozoic material during the Pan-African orogeny

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 915-934

  Sommer, H ^a   Kroner A ^a   Hauzenberger, C ^a   Muhongo, S ^b   Wingate, M T D ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Africa; Geochronology; Granulite facies metamorphism; Mozambique belt; P T path; Zircon

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE FACIES; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE BELT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 0346334758     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2003.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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