Mapeo, R B MWendorff, M.Ramokate, L. V.Armstrong, RichardMphinyane, T.Koobokile, M.2020-06-211464-343Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/205393New U-Pb sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) dating of zircon from granitoid gneisses and siliciclastic metasedimentary rocks of the Tsodilo Hills Group in the Pan-African Damara Belt in western Botswana were examined to determine the emplacement ages of the granitoids and to identify the provenance of the sediments and the source area.This study was financially supported by the Geological Survey of Botswana and the University of Botswana and was partly carried out as the field supervision of past University of Botswana students by MW and RBM, as well as AGH Statutory Research No. 11.11.140.626 by MW. The SHRIMP work was supported by the Botswana Geoscience Institute (formerly Geological Survey of Botswana) and the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources to LVR. RAA would like to thank the Electron Microscopy Unit at the Australian National University for access to their facilities.application/pdfen-AU© 2019 Elsevier Ltd201910.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.1035762020-01-19