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The western arm of the Lufilian Arc in NW Zambia and its potential for copper mineralization

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2002

Authors

Key, R M
Liyungu, A K
Njamu, Fred M
Somwe, V
Banda, J
Mosley, P N
Armstrong, Richard

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Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

Parts of the Kasai Shield, a western foreland to the Lufilian Arc and the western arm of this orogen are traced into NW Zambia. The Kasai Shield comprises a suite of metamorphic and igneous rocks (dated at ∼2540-2560 Ma) and extensive porphyritic granit

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Keywords: copper; mineralization; orogenic belt; Proterozoic; sedimentation; tectonic setting; Zambia Copper mineralization; Geochronology; Lufilian Arc; Rodinia; Zambia

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72180

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ANU Research Publications

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Journal of African Earth Sciences

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Journal article

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2037-12-31

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