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Mineralogical and radiometric studies of monazite and sphene occurrences in the Namib Desert, South-West Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

A. J. Burger ,
O. von Knorring  and
T. N. Clifford
A. J. Burger
Affiliation:
National Physical Research Laboratory, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa
O. von Knorring
Affiliation:
Research Institute of African Geology, University of Leeds, U.K.
T. N. Clifford
Affiliation:
Research Institute of African Geology, University of Leeds, U.K.
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Summary

Monazite and sphene from the central zone of the Damara orogen of South-West Africa, have yielded ages of 500 ± 20 Myr and 600 ± 25 Myr respectively; these results are discussed in relation to the late Precambrian to early Palaeozoic tectono-thermal history of the region. Although chemically similar to that found in carbonatites, the monazite is probably genetically related to the widespread granitic pegmatites that characterize the central zone of the orogen.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 35 , Issue 271 , September 1965 , pp. 519 - 528
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1965

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