U-Pb zircon date from the Neoproterozoic Ghaub Formation Namibia: Constraints on Marinoan glaciation

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 817-820

  Hoffmann, K H ^a   Condon, D J ^b   Bowring, S A ^b   Crowley, J L ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ediacaran; Geochronology; Glaciation; Marinoan; Neoproterozoic; Zircon

Indexed keywords

LAYER CONSTRAINTS; METAMORPHISMS;

CONSTRAINT THEORY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 4744374716     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20519.1     Document Type: Article

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