The Geology of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe

A study of Archaean continental crust

A Martin author MJ Bickle author EG Nisbet author JL Orpen author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:A A Balkema Publishers

Published:1st Jan '93

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The Geology of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe cover

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.
Contents: Stratigraphy of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt: Complexity of the tectonic setting; Structure and metamorphism of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt and adjacent granite-gneiss terrain: The tectonic evolution of an Archaean craton; The Mtchinge Group in the West: Andesite, basalts, komatiites and sediments of the Ilokonui, Bend and Koodoovale Formations; Sedimentology of the Brooklands Formation, Zimbabwe: Development of an Archaean greenstone belt in a rapidly rifted graben;

ISBN: 9789054101208

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1043g

248 pages