THE MASSIMA SERIES, GABON - AN ARCHEAN GR EENSTONE-BELT CAUGHT UP IN EARLY PROTEROZOIC COLLISION TECTONICS - GEOTECTONIC AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS

Authors
GUERROT C FEYBESSE JL JOHAN V
Citation
C. Guerrot et al., THE MASSIMA SERIES, GABON - AN ARCHEAN GR EENSTONE-BELT CAUGHT UP IN EARLY PROTEROZOIC COLLISION TECTONICS - GEOTECTONIC AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 318(3), 1994, pp. 367-374
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
318
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
367 - 374
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1994)318:3<367:TMSG-A>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Single-zircon data show that the Massima series, hitherto thought to b e of Early Proterozoic age, is in fact Archean. This brings into quest ion the generally accepted stratigraphic correlations and allows defin ition of the lithotectonic composition of the Lower Proterozoic Ogooue belt. Palaeogeographic and geotectonic implications are discussed.