SHRIMP zircon dating and Nd isotopic systematics of Palaeoproterozoic migmatitic orthogneisses in the Epupa Metamorphic Complex of northwestern Namibia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-69

  Kroner A ^a,b   Rojas Agramonte, Y ^a,b,c   Hegner, E ^d   Hoffmann, K H ^e   Wingate, M T D ^f,g  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICO JOSÉ ANTONIO ECHEVERRÍA   (Cuba)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Congo Craton; Epupa Complex; Namibia; Palaeoproterozoic; Zircon dating

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; GRANITOID; LEAD-LEAD DATING; MIGMATIZATION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENY; ORTHOGNEISS; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH; SHRIMP DATING; TRANSPRESSION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ANGOLA; CONGO CRATON; KUNENE RIVER; NAMIBIA;

EID: 78049239877     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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