The Geology of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe: A study of Archaean continental crust (Geological Society of Zimbabwe, Special Publications 2)

By J.L. Orpen, A. Martin, E.G. Nisbet

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;

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9054101202
• ISBN13: 9789054101208
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 1.0" x 8.3"