Mesoproterozoic rocks of Namibia and their plate tectonic setting

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 112-140

  Becker, T ^a   Schreiber, U ^a   Kampunzu, A B ^b   Armstrong, R ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Docking; Lithosphere delamination; Mesoproterozoic; Namaqua Belt; Namibia; Sinclair Group; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL ARC; GRANITOID; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PLATE TECTONICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748077141     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.01.015     Document Type: Article

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