Protolith ages and timing of metasomatism related to the formation of whiteschists at Mautia Hill, Tanzania: Implications for the assembly of Gondwana

Journal of Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 683-698

  Cutten, Huntley ^a,b   Johnson, Simon P ^a,c   De Waele, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Minerals Division   (Australia)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; HIGH PRESSURE; METAMORPHISM; METASOMATISM; OROGENY; PROTOLITH; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AFRICA; DODOMA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICA; MAUTIA HILL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33750983930     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507614     Document Type: Article

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