Relict 1.4 Ga oceanic crust in the Zambezi Valley, northern Zimbabwe: evidence for Mesoproterozoic supercontinental fragmentation

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 571-573

  Oliver, G J H ^a   Johnson, S P ^a   Williams, I S ^b   Herd, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; OCEANIC CRUST; OROGENIC BELTS; PROTEROZOIC; SEA FLOOR; SUPERCONTINENTS; ZIMBABWE; ZIRCON AGE;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

CONTINENTAL FRAGMENTATION; GRENVILLE OROGENY; OCEANIC CRUST; PROTEROZOIC;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84879880043     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0571:RGOCIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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