Mesoproterozoic oceanic subduction, island-arc formation and the initiation of back-arc spreading in the Kibaran Belt of central, southern Africa: Evidence from the Ophiolite Terrane, Chewore Inliers, northern Zimbabwe

Precambrian Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 125-146

  Johnson, S P ^a,b   Oliver, G J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chewore Inliers; Island Arc; Kibaran Belt; Mesoproterozic; Ophiolite; Zambezi Belt

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; ISLAND ARC; OPHIOLITE; PROTEROZOIC; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION;

AFRICA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; OCEANIC REGIONS; REVIEW; RIVER; STONE ANALYSIS; ZIMBABWE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0034307343     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00075-9     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Penrose conference on Ophiolites
2. The origin of reversed geochemical zoning in the Northern New Hebrides volcanic arc
3. Geological and structural framework of the Zambezi Belt, northeastern Zimbabwe
4. Lower Palaeozoic convergent plate margin volcanism on Bomlo, SW Norway, and its bearing on the tectonic environments of the Norwegian Caledonides
5. Diversity of magma types in the lower Paleozoic island arc-marginal basin system (Eastern Klamath Mountains, California, USA)
6. On the organization of the American plates in the Neoproterozoic and the breakout of Laurentia
7. Petrology and geochemistry of plagiogranite in the Canyon Mountain Ophiolite, Oregon
8. Structural evolution of the Chewore Inliers, Zambezi Mobile Belt, Zimbabwe
9. Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Chewore Inliers: Partial re-equilibration of high grade basement during the Pan-African Orogeny
10. Chemical and isotopic composition of lavas from the Northern Mariana Trough: Implications for magmagenesis in back-arc basins
11. Geologic evolution of the Neoproterozoic Zambezi Orogenic Belt in Zambia
12. Petrology of the axial ridge of the Mariana Trough backarc spreading center
13. Hydrothermal alteration of oceanic basalts by seawater
14. The geochemistry and petrogenesis of the late-Cretaceous picrites and basalts of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles: A remnant of an oceanic plateau
15. The composition of the Earth
16. Geochemical characteristics of lavas from Broken Ridge, the Naturaliste Plateau and southernmost Kerguelen Plateau: Cretaceous plateau volcanism in the southeast Indian Ocean
17. Re-Os isotopes in orogenic peridotite massifs in the Eastern Alps, Austria
18. Geochemistry of amphibolites and quartzofeldspathic gneisses in the Pan-African Zambezi belt, northwest Zimbabwe: Evidence for bimodal magmatism in a continental rift setting
19. Determination of REE, Ba, Fe, Mg, Na and K in carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites
20. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
21. Relict 1.4 Ga oceanic crust in the Zambezi Valley, northern Zimbabwe: Evidence for Mid-Proterozoic supercontinental fragmentation
22. Trace element characteristics of lavas from destructive plate boundaries
23. Role of the sub-continental lithosphere in magama genesis at active continental margins
24. A history of continents in the past 3 billion years
25. The geochemistry of basalts from a back arc spreading centre in the east Scotia Sea
26. Ophiolites as oceanic crust or marginal basin crust: A geochemical approach
27. Petrology and geochemical variations along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from 29°N to 73°N
28. The final collision zone between East and West Gondwana. Where is it?
29. Tectonic significance of the Hellenic-Dinaric ophiolites
30. Chemical transects scross intra-oceanic arcs: Implications for the tectonic setting of ophiolites
31. Using geochemistry to map mantle flow beneath the Lau Basin
32. Rodinia to Gondwana: The geodynamic map of Gondwana supercontinent assembly
33. 30Ar geochronological constraints on the tectonic evolution of the easternmost part of the Zambezi orogenic belt, northeast Zimbabwe
34. The simultaneous determination of the rare-earth elements in rocks using inductively coupled plasma source spectrometry
35. The Proterozoic supercontinent Rodinia: Paleomagnetically derived reconstructions for 1100 to 800 Ma
36. Geochemistry of tholeiites from Lanai, Hawaii
37. A guide to stratigraphical procedure
38. Gondwana assembly: The view from southern Africa and East Gondwana
39. Hf-Nd-Sr isotopes and incompatible element abundances in island-arcs: Implications for magma origins and crust-mantle evolution