U-Pb zircon evidence for an extensive early Archean craton in Zimbabwe: A reassessment of the timing of craton formation, stabilization, and growth

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 707-710

  Horstwood, Matthew S A ^a,b   Nesbitt, Robert W ^a   Noble, Stephen R ^b   Wilson, James F ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; LEAD ALLOYS; OSMIUM ALLOYS; RHENIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; STABILIZATION; TIMING CIRCUITS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

CRATON FORMATIONS; CRATONIC NUCLEUS; CRUSTAL FORMATION; HIGH GRADE METAMORPHISM; MAGMA GENESIS; SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLES; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; ZIMBABWE CRATON;

URANIUM ALLOYS;

ARCHEAN; CRATON; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84879885518     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0707:UPZEFA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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