The geology of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe : a study of the evolution of Archaean continental crust

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.;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. Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 Authors......Page 8 1 Introduction: The Zimbabwe Craton and controversies over Archaean granite-greenstone terrains......Page 10 2 Rock units and stratigraphy of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt: The complexity of the tectonic setting......Page 22 3 Structure and metamorphism of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt and adjacent granite-gneiss terrain: The tectonic evolution of an Archaean craton......Page 48 4 The Mtshingwe Group in the west: Andesites, basalts, komatiites and sediments of the Hokonui, Bend and Koodoovale Formations......Page 78 5 Sedimentology of the Brooklands Formation, Zimbabwe: Development of an Archaean greenstone belt in a rifted graben......Page 96 6 The Ngezi Group: Komatiites, basalts and stromatolites on continental crust......Page 130 7 Pb and Nd isotopic correlation in Belingwe komatiites and basalts......Page 176 8 Geochemistry of the igneous rocks of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt: Alteration, contamination and petrogenesis......Page 184 9 Controls on the formation of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe......Page 224 References......Page 234 Bibliography of the Archaean crustal study project......Page 242 Subject index......Page 244