U-Pb SHRIMP data for the Madiba greenstone belt: implications for crustal growth on the western margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa
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Poujol, Marc; Hirner, Andreas J.; Armstrong, Richard; Anhaeusser, C.R.
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The Madibe greenstone belt is the easternmost belt of the northern Kraaipan terrane, located in the Kimberley Block of the Kaapvaal Craton. It comprises a mature Middle to Late Archaean volcanic island arc succession that was welded onto the evolving western margin of the Kaapvaal Shield. The lithologies strike in a north-south direction and represent an assemblage of metamorphosed and strongly deformed volcanic and minor sedimentary rocks, now represented by phyllites, quartz-sericite schists,...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Poujol, Marc | |
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dc.contributor.author | Hirner, Andreas J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Armstrong, Richard | |
dc.contributor.author | Anhaeusser, C.R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-08T22:38:00Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1012-0750 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/35763 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Madibe greenstone belt is the easternmost belt of the northern Kraaipan terrane, located in the Kimberley Block of the Kaapvaal Craton. It comprises a mature Middle to Late Archaean volcanic island arc succession that was welded onto the evolving western margin of the Kaapvaal Shield. The lithologies strike in a north-south direction and represent an assemblage of metamorphosed and strongly deformed volcanic and minor sedimentary rocks, now represented by phyllites, quartz-sericite schists, quartz-chlorite schists, amphibolites, talc-carbonate schists and banded iron formations. We report a SHRIMP U-Pb age of 3082.5 ± 5.9 Ma for an intermediate metavolcanic rock. Ages of zircon grains within a volcano-sedimentary rock define ages around 3.43, -3.18 and, ∼3.09 Ga and are as young as ∼3.04 Ga, suggesting the presence of older, mature continental crust. Age relationships of rocks from the Madibe greenstone belt and the Murchison greenstone belt suggest that the Kaapvaal Shield apparently experienced an episode of rapid crustal growth at around 3090 Ma along both the northern and western margins. | |
dc.publisher | Geological Society of South Africa | |
dc.source | South African Journal of Geology | |
dc.subject | Keywords: Archean; crustal structure; greenstone belt; island arc; lithology; sedimentary rock; SHRIMP dating; uranium-lead dating; zircon; Africa; Kaapvaal Craton; Southern Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa | |
dc.title | U-Pb SHRIMP data for the Madiba greenstone belt: implications for crustal growth on the western margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 111 | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 040303 - Geochronology | |
local.identifier.absfor | 040313 - Tectonics | |
local.identifier.absfor | 040299 - Geochemistry not elsewhere classified | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4027924xPUB128 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Poujol, Marc, Université de Rennes 1 | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Hirner, Andreas J., University of the Witwatersrand | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Armstrong, Richard, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Anhaeusser, C.R., University of the Witwatersrand | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 1 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 67 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 78 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.2113/gssajg.111.1.67 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-08T10:05:09Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-49249083332 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000258562200006 | |
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