A geodynamic model for the Paleoproterozoic (ca. 2.27–1.96 Ga) Birimian Orogen of the southern West African Craton–Insights into an evolving accretionary …

M Grenholm, M Jessell, N Thébaud - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
This study presents an updated geodynamic model for the 2270–1960 Ma Birimian Orogen
in the southern West African Craton (sWAC), which form part of a large accretionary …

Geochronology of the Birim Supergroup of the West African craton in the Wa-Bolé region of west-central Ghana: Implications for the stratigraphic framework

GS De Kock, RA Armstrong, HP Siegfried… - Journal of African Earth …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Birim rocks of the West African craton comprise belts of greenschist-to amphibolite-
grade gneiss and schist, and subparallel basins of greenschist-grade phyllite of …

A fluid inclusion and stable isotope study at the Loulo mining district, Mali, West Africa: Implications for multifluid sources in the generation of orogenic gold deposits

DM Lawrence, PJ Treloar, AH Rankin… - Economic …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The world-class Loulo mining district (15.5 Moz resource), in the Birimian terrane of western
Mali, contains a range of mineralogically diverse styles of orogenic gold mineralization. The …

The geology and mineralogy of the Loulo mining district, Mali, West Africa: Evidence for two distinct styles of orogenic gold mineralization

DM Lawrence, PJ Treloar, AH Rankin… - Economic …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Loulo is a world-class orogenic gold mining district in the Birimian terrane of western Mali.
Orebodies are located along second or higher order shears associated with the Senegal …

New evidence for crustal reworking and juvenile arc‐magmatism during the Palaeoproterozoic Eburnean events in the Suhum Basin, South‐east Ghana

PO Amponsah, D Kwayisi, EK Awunyo… - Geological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Contrary to what is currently known, archetypal zircon samples from gneisses and intrusive
leucogranites in the Palaeoproterozoic Suhum Basin, SE Ghana, suggest the involvement of …

SrNdPb isotopic compositions of Early Cretaceous granitoids from the Dabie orogen: Constraints on the recycled lower continental crust

Y He, S Li, J Hoefs, IC Kleinhanns - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
In order to characterize the recycled lower continental crust (LCC) in the Dabie orogen, 17
Early Cretaceous low-Mg adakitic (LMA) and 9 normal (non-adakitic) granitoids have been …

Geology and intrusion-related affinity of the Morila gold mine, southeast Mali

CRM McFarlane, J Mavrogenes, D Lentz… - Economic …, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The~ 8 Moz Morila gold mine, hosted within Paleoproterozoic Birimian volcano-
sedimentary rocks of southeast Mali, is spatially and temporally associated with prolonged …

Succession of structural events in the Goren greenstone belt (Burkina Faso): implications for West African tectonics

KAA Hein - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2010 - Elsevier
Ten years after field investigations in the SE Goren greenstone belt (GGB) of Burkina Faso
by the Sanmatenga JV, sponsored field studies conducted in 2007 have significantly …