SHRIMP dating of titanite from metasyenites in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa

Rigby, M.J.; Armstrong, Richard

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SHRIMP dating of titanite from metasyenites in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa

Date

2011

Authors

Rigby, M.J.

Armstrong, Richard

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

SHRIMP dating of titanite from metasyenites in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt yields a mean207Pb/206Pb age of 2010.3 ±4.5Ma calculated from 23 analyses. This age, combined with petrographic and field observations, suggests the metamorphism in the s