Neoproterozoic continental growth prior to Gondwana assembly: Constraints from zircon-titanite geochronology, geochemistry and petrography of ring complex granitoids, Sudan

Lithos

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 61-81

  Shang, C K ^a   Morteani, G ^b   Satir, M ^a   Taubald, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

A (A2 ) type magmatism; Juvenile sources; Neoproterozoic continental growth; Post collisional; Sudan; Zircon titanite geochronology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRANITOID; MAGMATISM; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; TITANATE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

SUDAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 77953959922     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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