The Mesoproterozoic Karagwe-Ankole Belt (formerly the NE Kibara Belt): The result of prolonged extensional intracratonic basin development punctuated by two short-lived far-field compressional events

Precambrian Research

Volumn 216-219, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-86

  Fernandez Alonso, M ^a   Cutten, H ^b   De Waele, B ^c   Tack, L ^a   Tahon, A ^a   Baudet, D ^a   Barritt, S D ^d  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SRK CONSULTING   (South Africa)

^d GeoWitch Consulting   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Akanyaru Supergroup; Kagera Supergroup; Karagwe Ankole Belt; Mesoproterozoic basin evolution; Provenance analysis; Rodinia and Gondwana amalgamations

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BELT; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EXTENSION; GEODYNAMICS; GONDWANA; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MINERALIZATION; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; RHEOLOGY; RODINIA; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SUBSIDENCE;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KATANGA;

KIBARA;

EID: 84864044124     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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