Monazite U-Pb dating and 40Ar-39Ar thermochronology of metamorphic events in the Central African Copperbelt during the Pan-African Lufilian Orogeny

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 1-5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 183-199

  Rainaud, Christine ^a   Master, S ^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

Copperbelt; Geochronology; Orogen; Pan African

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENIC BELT;

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

EID: 29244486479     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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