Constraining the timing and migration of collisional tectonics in the Damara Belt, Namibia: U-Pb zircon ages for the syntectonic Salem-type Stinkbank granite

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 611-624

  Johnson, Shannon D ^a,b   Poujol, Marc ^c   Kisters, Alexander F M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Newmont Waihi Gold Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CRATON; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; DAMARA BELT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34247635054     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.109.4.611     Document Type: Article

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