U-Pb zircon age of the upper Palapye group (Botswana) and regional implications

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Mapeo, R B M ^a   Ramokate, L V ^b   Armstrong, R A ^c   Kampunzu, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b Botswana Geol Survey Department   (Botswana)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kaapvaal Craton; Limpopo Belt; Palaeoproterozoic; Palapye Group; Sediment source; Zircon ages; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13644281249     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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