U-Pb SHRIMP ages and tectonic setting of the Munster Suite of the Margate Terrane of the Natal Metamorphic Belt

Mendonidis, P.; Armstrong, Richard; Grantham, Geoff H

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U-Pb SHRIMP ages and tectonic setting of the Munster Suite of the Margate Terrane of the Natal Metamorphic Belt

Date

2008

Authors

Mendonidis, P.

Armstrong, Richard

Grantham, Geoff H

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

New U-Pb Zircon SHRIMP ages of 1091 ± 7.1 Ma and 1093.1 ± 5.8 Ma have been determined for two discrete phases of the Munster Suite. The Munster Suite is a calc-alkaline mafic to intermediate suite of intrusive igneous rocks that form part of the south