Preliminary Evidence for a Second -525-545 Ma old Event of Granilate Facies Metamorphism in the Mozambique Belt of Tanzania and its Implication for a Two-Stage Model for Gondwana Assembly
Garnets from two samples of the Kitumbi granulites in the Mozambique Belt of north eastern Tanzania yield Sm-Nd ages of 525±15 Ma and 545±15 Ma. At the 95% confidence level, these ages are younger than the 576 ±15 to 634±16 Ma (Mean 606±12 Ma) ages previously reported from the more extensive Eastern...
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| Language: | English |
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Tanzania Journal of Science
2000
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| Online Access: | http://ajol.info/index.php/tjs/article/view/18328 |