Neoproterozoic igneous complex emplaced along major tectonic boundary in the Kaoko Belt (NW Namibia): Ion probe and LA-ICP-MS dating of magmatic and metamorphic zircons

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-165

  Konopásek, Jiří ^a,b   Košler, Jan ^c   Tajčmanová, Lucie ^a,b   Ulrich, Stanislav ^b,d   Kitt, Shawn L ^e  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^e Navachab Gold Mine ^*  (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; GRANITOID; GRANULITE FACIES; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; METAGREYWACKE; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; ORTHOGNEISS; SUTURE ZONE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

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

EID: 38949131146     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-192     Document Type: Article

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