Paleomagnetic and geochronological evidence for large-scale post-1.88 Ga displacement between the Zimbabwe and Kaapvaal cratons along the Limpopo belt

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 487-490

  Hanson, Richard E ^a   Rioux, Matthew ^b   Gose, Wulf A ^c   Blackburn, Terrence J ^b   Bowring, Samuel A ^b   Mukwakwami, Joshua ^d   Jones, Dai L ^e  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BINARY ALLOYS; GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS;

IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; OROGENIC BELTS; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; PALEOMAGNETIC POLES; RELATIVE MOTION; THERMAL HISTORY; ZIMBABWE CRATON;

URANIUM ALLOYS;

APATITE; CRATON; DISPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

KAAPVAAL CRATON; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79954576013     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31698.1     Document Type: Article

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