The geochronological framework of the Irumide Belt: A prolonged crustal history along the margin of the Bangweulu Craton.

Ion microprobe U-Th-Pb analyses of zircon from 40 granitoid rocks collected from the late Mesoproterozoic Irumide Belt in Central Southern Africa, along the southern margin of the Archean to Paleoproterozoic Bangweulu Block, provide a comprehensive set of age data for this complex orogen. The data i...

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Main Authors: De Waele, Bert, Fitzsimons, Ian, Wingate, M., Tembo, F., Mapani, B., Belousova, E.
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Journal of Science 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42481