Heterogeneous excess argon and Neoproterozoic heating in the Usagaran Orogen, Tanzania, revealed by single grain 40Ar/39 Ar thermochronology

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3-5, 2004, Pages 165-176

  Reddy, Steven M ^a   Collins, Alan S ^a,c   Buchan, Craig ^a   Mruma, Abdul H ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Ar laser microprobe; Deformation; East African Orogen; Palaeoproterozoic; Usagaran Orogen

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

EID: 8644284905     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.07.052     Document Type: Article

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