Research articles (Dept of Geology): Recent submissions
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Basement control on dyke distribution in Large Igneous Provinces: Case study of the Karoo triple junction
(Elsevier www.elsevier.com/locate/epsl, 2006)Continental flood basalts consist of vast quantities of lava, sills and giant dyke swarms that are associated with continental break-up. The commonly radiating geometry of dyke swarms in these provinces is generally ... -
Mesoproterozoic rocks of Namibia and their plate tectonic setting
(Elsevier www.elsevier.com/locate/jafrearsci, 2006)Two main Mesoproterozoic provinces occur in southern Namibia: (1) The high-grade Namaqua Metamorphic Complex (NMC) composed of a supracrustal sedimentary succession and interpreted as a passive margin sequence in the west ... -
An overview of the geology and major ore deposits of Central Africa: Explanatory note for the 1:4,000,000 map ‘‘Geology and major ore deposits of Central Africa’’
(Elsevier www.elsevier.com/locate/jafrearsci, 2006)This paper is prepared within the frameworks of IGCP Project 470 and the associated BRGM scientific project ‘‘Africa 1999–2004’’ to accompany the 1:4,000,000 scale map ‘‘Geology and major ore deposits of Central Africa, ... -
The Karoo triple junction questioned: evidence from Jurassic and Proterozoic 40Ar/39Ar ages and geochemistry of the giant Okavango dyke swarm (Botswana)
(Elservier www.elsevier.com/locate/epsl, 2004)The lower Jurassic Karoo–Ferrar magmatism represents one of the most important Phanerozoic continental flood basalt (CFB) provinces. The Karoo CFB province is dominated by tholeiitic traps and apparently radiating giant ... -
Cryptic indicators of provenance from the geochemistry of the Okavango Delta sediments, Botswana
(Elsevier www.elsevier.com/locate/sedgeo, 2005)The siliciclastic sediments of the Okavango inland Delta of northwest Botswana have a modal composition of quartz arenites and result from a complex history, including transport by river and deposition in a nascent rift ... -
Major and trace element geochemistry of plutonic rocks from Francistown, NE Botswana: evidence for a Neoarchaean continental active margin in the Zimbabwe craton
(Elsevier www.elsevier.com/locate/lithos, 2003)The Neoarchaean Tati granite–greenstone terrane occurs within the southwestern part of the Zimbabwe craton in NE Botswana. It comprises 10 intrusive bodies forming part of three distinct plutonic suites: (1) an earlier ... -
Sediment-hosted Zn–Pb–Cu deposits in the Central African Copperbelt
(Elsevier www.elsevier.com/locate/oregeorev, 2009)Stratabound epigenetic sulphide Zn–Pb–Cu ore deposits of the Central African Copperbelt in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia are mostly hosted in deformed shallow marine platform carbonates and associated ... -
Shallow seismic refraction and magnetic studies at Lake Ngami, The Okavango Delta, Northwest Botswana
(Elsevier www.elsevier.com/locate/jafrearsci, 2007)A seismic refraction analysis was carried out on data acquired on an 8.5 km profile at Lake Ngami, NW Botswana, to determine the structure and stratigraphy underlying the lake. The seismic spread comprised a 48-channel ... -
Ages of detrital zircon grains from Neoproterozoic siliciclastic rocks in the Shakawe area: implications for the evolution of Proterozoic crust in northern Botswana
(Geological Society of South Africa. http://sajg.geoscienceworld.org/, 2000-06)The Precambrian rocks of northern Botswana comprise poorly exposed igneous complexes, high-grade metamorphic rocks, as well as sedimentary sequences including mainly siliciclastic and carbonate rocks. New U-Pb SHRIMP data ... -
Gravity evidence for a larger Limpopo Belt in southern Africa and geodynamic implications
(Royal Astronomical Society. http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0956-540X&site=1, 2002)The Limpopo Belt of southern Africa is a Neoarchean orogenic belt located between two older Archean provinces, the Zimbabwe craton to the north and the Kaapvaal craton to the south. Previous studies considered the Limpopo ... -
Origin and palaeo-environments of calcareous sediments' in the Moshaweng dry valley, Southeast Botswana
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117935722/grouphome/home.html, 2002)Quaternary sedimentation in the Moshaweng dry valley of southeastern Botswana is evaluated on the basis of geomorphological evolution and sedimentological analyses. Stratigraphic evidence reveals an 'upper surface (1095 ... -
A ca. 200Ma hiatus between the Lower and Upper Transvaal Groups of southern Africa: SHRIMP U–Pb detrital zircon evidence from the Segwagwa Group, Botswana: Implications for Palaeoproterozoic glaciations
(Elsevier B.V. www.elsevier.com/locate/epsl, 2006)The Segwagwa Group of southeastern Botswana, a correlate of the Pretoria Group of the Transvaal Supergroup of South Africa, consists of a major sequence of siliciclastic sedimentary rocks, minor carbonates and basaltic ... -
The Okwa basement complex, western Botswana: U–Pb zircon geochronology and implications for Eburnean processes in southern Africa
(Elsevier Ltd. www.elsevier.com/locate/jafrearsci, 2006)The Okwa Basement Complex crops out at the northwestern edge of the Kaapvaal craton within the Okwa Inlier, an isolated exposure of Precambrian basement in the Kalahari Desert. New U–Pb zircon dating was performed on all ...