Age of the Batoka basalts, northern Zimbabwe, and the duration of Karoo Large Igneous Province magmatism

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Jones, D L ^a   Duncan, R A ^b   Briden, J C ^c   Randall, D E ^d   Macniocaill, C ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Karoo; large igneous provinces; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM;

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE DIFFERENCES; GEOCHEMICAL CORRELATION; KAROO; KAROO LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; PALEOMAGNETISM; SOUTH AFRICA;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

EID: 84931372031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GC000110     Document Type: Article

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