The ages of the Kabanga North and Kapalagulu intrusions, Western Tanzania: A reconnaissance study

Economic Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-154

  Maier, Wolfgang D ^a   Peltonen, P ^b   Livesey, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIONS; OROGENIC BELT;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PETROLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

NICKEL DEPOSITS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; OROGENIC BELT; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 34447331651     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.147     Document Type: Article

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