Crustal age domains in the Kibaran belt of SW-Uganda: Combined zircon geochronology and Sm-Nd isotopic investigation

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-20

  Buchwaldt, Robert ^a,b,c   Toulkeridis, Theofilos ^b,d   Todt, Wolfgang ^c   Ucakuwun, Elias K ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^e MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Granites; Kibaran; Suspect terranes; Uganda; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MELT; MODELING; PROTEROZOIC; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; SUBDUCTION; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 41549112461     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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