The timing of mantle and crustal events in South Namibia, as defined by SHRIMP-dating of zircon domains from a garnet peridotite xenolith of the Gibeon Kimberlite Province

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3-5, 2004, Pages 147-157

  Liati, Anthi ^a   Franz, Leander ^b   Gebauer, Dieter ^a   Fanning, C Mark ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kimberlites; Mantle xenoliths; Namibia; SHRIMP dating; Thermobarometry; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; KIMBERLITE; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; XENOLITH; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 8644271646     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.07.054     Document Type: Article

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