Provenance and chemostratigraphy of the Neoproterozoic West Congolian Group in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-239

  Frimmel, Hartwig E ^a   Tack, Luc ^b   Basei, Miguel S ^c   Nutman, Allen P ^d   Boven, Ariel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chemostratigraphy; Neoproterozoic; Sediment provenance; West Congo Belt; West Congolian Group

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748751690     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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