December 2019 (v1)
Journal article
We investigate the age and chemical composition of the granitic basement of the Gassane borehole in Senegal. 40 Ar/ 39 Ar and U/Pb dating yield ages of 200.3 ± 2 Ma and 198.4 ± 1.8 Ma, respectively, demonstrating that it is not related to the Variscan orogeneis as previously thought. Rather, we suggest that this granite derived from crustal...
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