Paleoproterozoic eclogites of MORB-type chemistry and three Proterozoic orogenic cycles in the Ubendian Belt (Tanzania): Evidence from monazite and zircon geochronology, and geochemistry

Precambrian Research

Volumn 192-195, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-33

  Boniface, Nelson ^a   Schenk, Volker ^b   Appel, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Monazite; Tanzania; Ubendian Belt; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; ECLOGITE; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAPELITE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MONAZITE; MYLONITIZATION; OCEANIC CRUST; OMPHACITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; SUBDUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

TANZANIA;

EID: 80855138252     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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