Depositional environments and an apparent age for the Geci meta-limestones: Constraints on the geological history of northern Mozambique

Precambrian Research

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 19-31

  Melezhik, V A ^a   Kuznetsov, A B ^b   Fallick, A F ^c   Smith, R A ^d   Gorokhov, I M ^b   Jamal, D ^e   Catuane, F ^f  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^f National Directorate of Geology   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Age; Carbon; Dolostone; Glaciation; Isotopes; Limestone; Mozambique; Orogenic belt; Strontium

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; AGE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DOLOSTONE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GRANULITE FACIES; LIMESTONE; MARINE SEDIMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MYLONITE; OROGENIC BELT; PETROGRAPHY; ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; SHALLOW WATER; TECTONICS; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33746992207     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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