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Photogeological Investigation of the Mozambique Front in Tanzania

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THE boundary between the Tanganyika Shield arid the Mozambique Orogenic Belt in north-central Tanzania is being investigated by means of an initial photogeological study of an area of about 70,000 square miles, making use of the extensive reconnaissance mapping by the Tanzania Geological Survey.

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    J. V. HEPWORTH & J. B. KENNERLEY

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds,

    R. M. SHACKLETON

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HEPWORTH, J., KENNERLEY, J. & SHACKLETON, R. Photogeological Investigation of the Mozambique Front in Tanzania. Nature 216, 146–147 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216146a0

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