Eburnian, Kibaran and Pan-African Metamorphic Events in the Ubendian Belt of Tanzania: Petrology, Zircon and Monazite Geochronology

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dc.creatorBoniface, Nelson
dc.date2016-04-22T11:03:04Z
dc.date2016-04-22T11:03:04Z
dc.date2009
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-27T08:56:52Z
dc.date.available2018-03-27T08:56:52Z
dc.descriptionOceanic lithosphere subduction is widely accepted among geoscientists as the major driving force of plate motions on Earth. Ocean floor basalts and gabbros are converted into blueschists and eclogites in the process of oceanic lithosphere subduction. Therefore, outcrops of MORB-like chemistry eclogites in orogenic belts manifest the operation of plate tectonics. The assembly of continental blocks to form supercontinents is derived by plate motions, which result into continental crustal growth by accretions of juvenile volcanicarcs, recycling of oceanic crust into the mantle, volcanism and degassing at subduction zones. This might result in a long term global climate change and, more of economic importance, the creation of orogenic settings, which are important sites for metal deposits such as gold, porphyry copper and the volcanogenic massive sulfide copper-zinc ores.
dc.identifierBoniface, N., 2009. Eburnian, Kibaran and Pan-African metamorphic events in the Ubendian belt of Tanzania: Petrology, zircon and monazite geochronology (Doctoral dissertation, Christian-Albrechts Universität Kiel).
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1633
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4001
dc.languageen
dc.subjectEburnian
dc.subjectKibaran
dc.subjectPan-African metamorphic events
dc.subjectUbendian belt
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.titleEburnian, Kibaran and Pan-African Metamorphic Events in the Ubendian Belt of Tanzania: Petrology, Zircon and Monazite Geochronology
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