...V. van Schijndel; G. Stevens; C. Lana; T. Zack; D. Frei Abstract The formation and evolution of Palaeoarchaean De Kraalen and Witrivier Greenstone Belts (DKGB and WGB) of the Kaapvaal Craton are poorly known. Here we report zircon and rutile in situ U-Pb ages and zircon Hf isotopic data from...

.... These greenstone belt fragments include those at Dwalile, Assegaai, De Kraalen, Witrivier and Commondale ( Figure 1 ). The volcano-sedimentary succession that forms the Nondweni belt is referred to as the Nondweni Group ( du Toit, 1931 ; Linström, 1988 ). Based on field evidence and lithology, Versfeld (1988...

...-sedimentary continental or epicontinental deposit that is one of the most extensive coherent Archaean terrains in the world, and the oldest of this extent. Its characteristics are unique amongst supracrustal terrains of this age and are unlike those of other Archaean greenstone belts. Its unique nature...

.... Kröner A. , 2010 . Zircon ages and metamorphic evolution of the Archean Assegaai-De Kraalen granitoid-greenstone terrain, southeastern Kaapvaal craton . American Journal of Science , 310 , 1384 – 1420 . Schoene B. Bowring S.A. , 2010 . Rates and mechanisms of Mesoarchean magmatic...

... metamorphism of the Barberton greenstone belt during a major event of compressional deformation and TTG magmatism is regarded to have occurred at ~3.23 Ga ( Dziggel et al., 2006 ). The Assegaai and De Kraalen greenstone belts south of the Barberton greenstone belt ( Figure 1 ) were subjected to high-grade...

... . Saha L. Hofmann A. Xie H. Hegner E. Wilson A. Wan Y. Liu D. Kröner A. , 2010 . Zircon ages and metamorphic evolution of the Archean Assegaai – De Kraalen granitoid-greenstone terrane, southeastern Kaapvaal Craton . American Journal of Science , 310 , 1384 – 1420...