The 1375 Ma "Kibaran event" in Central Africa: Prominent emplacement of bimodal magmatism under extensional regime

Precambrian Research

Volumn 180, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 63-84

  Tack, L ^a   Wingate, M T D ^b,c   De Waele, B ^d   Meert, J ^e   Belousova, E ^f   Griffin, B ^f   Tahon, A ^a   Fernandez Alonso, M ^a  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d SRK CONSULTING   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

1375 Ma Kibaran event; Central Africa; Coeval bimodal magmatism; Karagwe Ankole belt (KAB); Kibara belt (KIB); Mesoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; OROGENY; PETROGENESIS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRIMP DATING; TERRANE; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ANGOLA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO CRATON; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KATANGA; TANZANIA; ZAMBIA;

KIBARA;

EID: 77953323022     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.02.022     Document Type: Article

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