Post-Gondwana break-up record constraints from apatite fission track thermochronology in NW Namibia

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 675-679

  Luft, F F ^a   Luft Jr , J L ^a   Chemale Jr , F ^a   Lelarge, M L M V ^a   Avila J N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track thermochronology; NW Namibia Great Escarpment; Purros Mylonitic Zone; Tectonic reactivation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHRONOMETERS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FISSION REACTIONS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

APATITE FISSION TRACK THERMOCHRONOLOGY; NW NAMIBIA GREAT ESCARPMENT; PURROS MYLONITIC ZONE; TECTONIC REACTIVATION;

TECTONICS;

EID: 18544389669     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.08.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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