The Mushandike granite: further evidence for 3.4 Ga magmatism in the Zimbabwe craton

Dodson, Mick; Williams, Ian; Kramers, Jan

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The Mushandike granite: further evidence for 3.4 Ga magmatism in the Zimbabwe craton

Date

2001

Authors

Dodson, Mick

Williams, Ian

Kramers, Jan

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Abstract

The conflict between independently published ages for the Mushandike Granite, Zimbabwe (2.92 ± 0.17 Ga and 3.45 ± 0.13 Ga) has been resolved in favour of the older age by SHRIMP U-Pb analyses of zircon. Two samples yield indistinguishable estimates of 3