U-Pb SHRIMP ages and tectonic setting of the Munster Suite of the Margate Terrane of the Natal Metamorphic Belt

Gondwana Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-37

  Mendonidis, P ^a   Armstrong, R A ^b   Grantham, G H ^c  

^a VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Island arc; Munster Suite; Natal Metamorphic Belt

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISLAND ARC; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; S-TYPE ROCK; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

KWAZULU-NATAL; MARGATE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 57149129163     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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