Zircon geochronology and partial structural re-interpretation of the late Archaean Mashaba Igneous Complex, south-central Zimbabwe

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 585-596

  Prendergast, M D ^a   Wingate, Michael T D ^b,c  

^a Guesachan   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASEMENT ROCK; FOLDING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GREENSTONE BELT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AFRICA; MASVINGO; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 38649136222     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.110.4.585     Document Type: Article

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