Neoproterozoic eclogites in the Paleoproterozoic Ubendian Belt of Tanzania: Evidence for a Pan-African suture between the Bangweulu Block and the Tanzania Craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 208-211, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-89

  Boniface, Nelson ^a   Schenk, Volker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bangweulu Block; Eclogite; Gondwana; Pan African; Tanzania Craton; Ubendian Belt

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; COLLISION ZONE; ECLOGITE; GONDWANA; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; P-T-T PATH; PROTEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

TANZANIA CRATON;

EID: 84860345031     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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