From the Palaeozoic collapse of the East African-Antarctic Orogen to Gondwana rifting in NE Mozambique
The East African passive margin resulted from complex reactivation of the ca. 600–500 Ma East African-Antarctic Orogen (EAAO). With the help of a large set of new thermochronological data (U-Pb titanite, Ar-Ar hornblende and biotite, as well as zircon, titanite and apatite fission-track analyses) we...
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Language: | English |
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Geological Society of Africa
2011
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13766/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13766/1/FROM_THE_PALAEOZOIC_COLLAPSE_OF_THE_EAST_AFRICAN.pdf http://www.cag23.co.za |
Summary: | The East African passive margin resulted from complex reactivation of the ca. 600–500 Ma East African-Antarctic Orogen (EAAO). With the help of a large set of new thermochronological data (U-Pb titanite, Ar-Ar hornblende and biotite, as well as zircon, titanite and apatite fission-track analyses) we have modelled the tectono-thermal history of NE Mozambique from the late (Lower Palaeozoic) stages of the East African-Antarctic Orogeny to its transformation into a passive margin in the Mesozoic. |
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