Archaean to proterozoic crustal evolution in the central zone of the Limpopo Belt (South Africa-Botswana): Constraints from combined U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope analyses of zircon

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1605-1639

  Zeh, Armin ^a   Gerdes, Axel ^b   Klemd, Reiner ^a   Barton Jr , Jackson M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archaean; LA ICP MS; Limpopo Belt; Lu Hf isotopes; Palaeoproterozoic; U Pb dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GNEISS; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LUTETIUM; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO BELT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547906095     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm032     Document Type: Article

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