Geochemistry and geochronology of the bimodal volcanic rocks of the Suguti area in the southern part of the Musoma-Mara Greenstone Belt, Northern Tanzania

Precambrian Research

Volumn 174, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 241-257

  Mtoro, Mwache ^a   Maboko, Makenya A H ^a   Manya, Shukrani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Musoma Mara greenstone belt; Sm Nd isotope; U Pb zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; BASALT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSTONE BELT; TRANSITION ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 70349880699     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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