TY - DATA T1 - A cryptic Mesoarchaean terrane in the basement to the Central African Copperbelt PY - 2016/06/21 AU - C. RAINAUD AU - S. MASTER AU - R.A. ARMSTRONG AU - L.J. ROBB UR - https://geolsoc.figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_cryptic_Mesoarchaean_terrane_in_the_basement_to_the_Central_African_Copperbelt/3454154 DO - 10.6084/m9.figshare.3454154.v1 L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/5425127 L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/5425130 KW - Ma KW - Copperbelt KW - Central KW - detrital KW - Mesoarchaean KW - xenocrystic zircons KW - Katangan lapilli tuffs KW - Geology N2 - In a study of the geochronology of the Katangan Sequence and its basement in the Central African Copperbelt, detrital and xenocrystic zircons from Muva quartzites and Katangan lapilli tuffs, were dated using the Sensitive High-Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP). A detrital population (dated between 3007 and 3031 Ma) and a group of xenocrystic zircons aged between 3169 and 3225 Ma provide the first evidence for the existence of a Mesoarchaean basement beneath the Central African Copperbelt. ER -