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SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of granitoids from the Western Domain of the Kaapvaal Craton, Southeastern Botswana: implications for crustal evolution

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2004

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Mapeo, R B M
Armstrong, Richard
Kampunzu, Ali B
Ramokate, L.V.

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Geological Society of South Africa

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SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of granitoids from borehole cores from the Amalia-Kraaipan granite-greenstone terrain of southeast Botswana yielded dates of: 2939±9 Ma for the biotite granite gneiss, 2943±9 Ma for the pink granite and 2782±6 Ma for the red g

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Keywords: Archean; craton; crustal evolution; granitoid; SHRIMP dating; Africa; Kaapvaal Craton; Southern Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/80347

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South African Journal of Geology

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