Keywords:
Geology, Stratigraphic-Archaean.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
A study on the Bellingwe Greenstone Belt, presenting the stratigraphy of the belt, its structure and tectonic setting, the sedimentology of what may be a rift basin, the geochemistry of the freshest Archaean komatiites yet found, and models of the evolution of the region.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (248 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781000142686
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=6268955
DDC:
551.712
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Authors -- 1 Introduction: The Zimbabwe Craton and controversies over Archaean granite-greenstone terrains -- 2 Rock units and stratigraphy of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt: The complexity of the tectonic setting -- 3 Structure and metamorphism of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt and adjacent granite-gneiss terrain: The tectonic evolution of an Archaean craton -- 4 The Mtshingwe Group in the west: Andesites, basalts, komatiites and sediments of the Hokonui, Bend and Koodoovale Formations -- 5 Sedimentology of the Brooklands Formation, Zimbabwe: Development of an Archaean greenstone belt in a rifted graben -- 6 The Ngezi Group: Komatiites, basalts and stromatolites on continental crust -- 7 Pb and Nd isotopic correlation in Belingwe komatiites and basalts -- 8 Geochemistry of the igneous rocks of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt: Alteration, contamination and petrogenesis -- 9 Controls on the formation of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe -- References -- Bibliography of the Archaean crustal study project -- Subject index.
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