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A 3.5 Ga granite-gneiss basement in Guinea: further evidence for early archean accretion within the West African Craton

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2001

Authors

Thieblemont, Denis
Delor, Claude
Cocherie, Alain
Lafon, Jean Michel
Goujou, Jean
Balde, A.
Bah, M.
Sane, Hadi
Fanning, Christopher

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Elsevier

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A granite-gneiss formation (Guélémata Orthogneiss) was mapped on the northern and western slopes of the Mount Nimba hill range in Guinea. The original rocks were high-Al, low-Yb, medium to high-K granites similar to most Archean TTG. Analyses of U and P

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Keywords: accretion; Archean; craton; geochronology; gneiss; granite; Africa; article; chemical composition; geology; Guinea; model; rock; Guinea Crustal accretion; Early Archean; Guinea; Kenema-Man domain; West African Craton

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/90828

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ANU Research Publications

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Precambrian Research

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10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00160-1

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2037-12-31

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