Coeval large-scale magmatism in the Kalahari and Laurentian cratons during Rodinia assembly

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5674, 2004, Pages 1126-1129

  Hanson, Richard E ^a   Crowley, James L ^b   Bowring, Samuel A ^b   Ramezani, Jahandar ^b   Gose, Wulf A ^c   Dalziel, Ian W D ^c,d   Pancake, James A ^e   Seidel, Emily K ^a   Blenkinsop, Thomas G ^f   Mukwakwami, Joshua ^g  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e EG&G   (United States)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; TECTONICS;

CRATONIC CORES; CRATONS; MAGMATISM;

VOLCANOES;

INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOUTH AFRICA;

LAURENTIA;

EID: 2442704022     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1096329     Document Type: Article

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54. We thank G. Brandl for advice on sample sites in South Africa; T. Machacha (Director) and T. Najaule, Botswana Geological Survey, for permission to sample borehole cores from the Xade Complex; B. Vink and M. Wendorff for assistance in Botswana; F. Venter for permission to sample in Kruger National Park, South Africa, and J. Venter for assistance in the park; and A. Maloof for discussions of paleomagnetic data. Supported by NSF grant nos. EAR-9909269 (R.E.H.) and EAR-9909854 (I.W.D.D. and W.A.G.), and EAR-9526702 (S.A.B.), and by the Tectonics Special Research Centre, University of Western Australia (I.W.D.D.). This paper is dedicated to the memory of H. Munyanyiwa, who first pointed out to us the potential significance of the Umkondo sills in eastern Zimbabwe.