CL-imaging and ion microprobe dating of single zircons from a high-grade rock from the Central Zone, Limpopo Belt, South Africa: Evidence for a single metamorphic event at ∼2.0 Ga

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 111-119

  Mouri, H ^a   Brandl, G ^b   Whitehouse, M ^c   de Waal, S ^a   Guiraud, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Central Zone; CL imaging; Ion microprobe; Limpopo Belt; U Pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DATING METHOD; ION MICROPROBE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 38949181053     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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