Out of Africa: detrital zircon provenance of central Madagascar and Neoproterozoic terrane transfer across the Mozambique ocean

The Neoproterozoic East African Orogen reflects closure of the Mozambique Ocean and collision of the Congo and Dharwar cratons. This palaeogeographic change and its environmental consequences are poorly understood, but new detrital zircon ages from Madagascar and published data from elsewhere provi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fitzsimons, Ian, Hulscher, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: John Wiley and Sons 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45552