The Geology of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe

1. Auflage 1993
ISBN: 978-90-5410-120-8
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1043 g

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;

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bickle, M. J.

Martin, A.

Nisbet, E.G.

Orpen, J.L.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Vulkanologie, Seismologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Petrologie, Mineralogie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Historische Geologie, Geochronologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

M.J. Bickle (Author), A. Martin (Author), E.G. Nisbet (Author), J.L. Orpen (Author)