Late Archaean high-K granite geochronology of the northern metacratonic margin of the Archaean Congo craton, Southern Cameroon: Evidence for Pb-loss due to non-metamorphic causes

Gondwana Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 337-355

  Shang, C K ^a   Liegeois J P ^b   Satir, M ^a   Frisch, W ^c   Nsifa, E N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c University of Yaounde I ^*  (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Congo craton; High K granites; Metacratonization; Pb loss; Pb Pb evaporation; Zircon U Pb

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; GRANITOID; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CAMEROON; CONGO CRATON;

EID: 77954958742     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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