Tectonothermal history of the Kaourera Arc, northern Zimbabwe: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Irumide and Zambezi Belts of south central Africa

Precambrian Research

Volumn 130, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 71-97

  Johnson, S P ^a,b,c   Oliver, G J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chewore Inliers; Irumide Belt; Kaourera Arc; Mesoproterozoic; Neoproterozoic; Zambezi Belt

Indexed keywords

ZIRCONIUM;

INLIER; METAMORPHIC ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHRONOLOGY; CONGO; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOLOGICAL ERA; GEOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOZAMBIQUE; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 1542379756     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.10.016     Document Type: Article

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