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The Age of Some Carbonatite Igneous Activity in South-West Tanganyika
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2009
Abstract
Absolute age determinations by the potassium-argon method on biotite from the Musensi Hill intrusion and feldspar from a feldspathic breccia on the Mbeya Mountain Range indicate a Cretaceous age.
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