Provenance ages of the Neoproterozoic Katanga Supergroup (Central African Copperbelt), with implications for basin evolution

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 1-5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 41-60

  Master, S ^a   Rainaud, C ^a   Armstrong, R A ^b   Phillips, D ^c   Robb, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Detrital zircons; Katanga Supergroup; Neoproterozoic; Provenance

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; COPPER; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE;

AFRICA; COPPERBELT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

LUINA;

EID: 29244432775     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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