The initial Gondwana break-up: a synthesis based on new potential field data of the Africa-Antarctica Corridor

CO Mueller, W Jokat - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
The initial opening of the Africa-Antarctica Corridor, in the heart of Gondwana, is still
enigmatic due to missing information on the origin of major crustal features and the exact …

Evolution of the Precambrian lithosphere: seismological and geochemical constraints

RJ Durrheim, WD Mooney - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Several recent models of crustal evolution are based on the belief that the thickness of the
continental crust is proportional to its age, with ancient crust being the thickest. A worldwide …

Mantle plumes, supercontinents, intracontinental rifting and mineral systems

F Pirajno, M Santosh - Precambrian Research, 2015 - Elsevier
The formation and disruption of supercontinents exert major influence on mantle dynamics
and have important bearing on continental dynamics and mineral systems. Here we …

A terrane interpretation of the Archaean Limpopo Belt

HR Rollinson - Geological Magazine, 1993 - cambridge.org
The Limpopo Belt is a zone of thickened Archaean crust whose origin is currently explained
by a late Archaean continent-continent collision between the Kaapvaal and Zimbabwe …

Shear zones of the Limpopo Belt and adjacent granitoid-greenstone terranes: implications for late Archaean collision tectonics in southern Africa

S McCourt, JR Vearncombe - Precambrian Research, 1992 - Elsevier
Abstract Granulite metamorphism in the> 2.65 Ga Limpopo Belt of southern Africa is related
to crustal thickening, due to late Archaean collision tectonics. The Central Zone of the belt is …

[HTML][HTML] Polyphase rifting and break-up of the central Mozambique margin

A Senkans, S Leroy, E d'Acremont, R Castilla… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
The break-up of the Gondwana supercontinent resulted in the formation of the Central
Mozambique passive margin as Africa and Antarctica were separated during the mid …

Calculation of water saturation in low resistivity gas reservoirs and pay-zones of the Cretaceous Grudja Formation, onshore Mozambique basin

V Mashaba, W Altermann - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
The water saturation of a hydrocarbon bearing formation is usually calculated via the
conductivity of the formation water, as defined by Archie, 1942. However, in some formations …

Tectonic model of the Limpopo belt: Constraints from magnetotelluric data

D Khoza, AG Jones, MR Muller, RL Evans… - Precambrian …, 2013 - Elsevier
Despite many years of work, a convincing evolutionary model for the Limpopo belt and its
geometrical relation to the surrounding cratons is still elusive. This is partly due to the …

Formation and evolution of Archaean cratons: insights from southern Africa

DE James, MJ Fouch - 2002 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Archaean cratons are the stable remnants of Earth's early continental lithosphere, and their
structure, composition and survival over geological time make them unique features of the …

The limpopo magma‐rich transform margin, South Mozambique: 1. Insights from deep‐structure seismic imaging

L Watremez, S Leroy, E d'Acremont, V Roche… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A variety of structures results from the interplay of evolving far‐field forces, plate kinematics,
and magmatic activity during continental break‐up. The east Limpopo transform margin …