Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic gneisses reworked during a Neoproterozoic (Pan-African) high-grade event in the Mozambique belt of East Africa: Structural relationships and zircon ages from the Kidatu area, central Tanzania

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-155

  Vogt, M ^a   Kroner A ^a   Poller, U ^b   Sommer, H ^a   Muhongo, S ^c   Wingate, M T D ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mozambique belt; Palaeoproterozoic; Reworking; Structure; Tanzania; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANULITE FACIES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE BELT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33646906213     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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