Ion microprobe zircon U-Pb dating of the late Archaean metavolcanics and associated granites of the Musoma-Mara Greenstone Belt, Northeast Tanzania: Implications for the geological evolution of the Tanzania Craton

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 355-366

  Manya, Shukrani ^a   Kobayashi, Katsura ^b   Maboko, Makenya A H ^a   Nakamura, Eizo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granitoids; Greenstone Belt; Metavolcanics; Tanzania Craton; Zircon U Pb ages

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ARCHEAN; GRANITOID; GREENSTONE BELT; ION MICROPROBE; MAGMATISM; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM; VOLCANO;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KILIMAFEDHA GREENSTONE BELT; MARA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUKUMALAND GREENSTONE BELT; TANZANIA; TANZANIA CRATON;

EID: 33745225587     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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