Zircon geochronology of late archean komatiitic sills and their felsic country rocks, south-central Zimbabwe: A revised age for the reliance komatiitic event and its implications

Precambrian Research

Volumn 229, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-124

  Prendergast, M D ^a   Wingate, M T D ^b,c  

^a Guesachan   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean; Komatiites; Reliance event; SHRIMP; Zimbabwe; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; DEEP WATER; FELSIC ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KOMATIITE; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEDIMENTATION; SHALLOW WATER; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; ZIRCON;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84879017068     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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