Pan-African high pressure granulites from SE-Kenya: Petrological and geothermobarometric evidence for a polycyclic evolution in the Mozambique belt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 245-268

  Hauzenberger, C A ^a   Bauernhofer, A H ^a   Hoinkes, G ^a   Wallbrecher, E ^a   Mathu, E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Granulite; Kenya; Mozambique belt; Pan African; Petrography; PT path

Indexed keywords

GEOBAROMETRY; GRANULITE; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOZAMBIQUE BELT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844494129     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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