U-Pb SHRIMP dating of detrital zircons from the Nzilo Group (Kibaran Belt): Implications for the source of sediments and mesoproterozoic evolution of central Africa

Journal of Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-113

  Kokonyangi, Joseph W ^a   Kampunzu, Ali B ^a,b   Armstrong, Richard ^a,c   Arima, Makoto ^a   Yoshida, Masaru ^a,d   Okudaira, Takamoto ^a,e  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Gondwana Institute for Geology and Environment   (Japan)

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 33846419845     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509270     Document Type: Article

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