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Zimbabwe Craton
3.63 Ga grey gneisses reveal the Eoarchaean history of the Zimbabwe craton
Crustal Structure beneath the Precambrian Cratons of Gondwanaland and Its Evolution Using Teleseismic Receiver Function
Exploring our current understanding of the geological evolution and mineral endowment of the Zimbabwe Craton
A southern African perspective on the co-evolution of early life and environments
Plate-tectonic processes at ca. 2.0 Ga: Evidence from >600 km of plate convergence
Transition metals in komatiitic olivine: Proxies for mantle composition, redox conditions, and sulfide mineralization potential
Application of Spherical Cap Harmonic Analysis on CHAMP satellite data to develop a lithospheric magnetic field model over southern Africa at satellite altitude
Crustal structure and properties of Archean cratons of Gondwanaland: similarity and difference
STRUCTURAL AND SUBSURFACE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE FORT RIXON-SHANGANI GREENSTONE BELT AND THE NALATALE PLUTON, ZIMBABWE CRATON, AS DERIVED FROM GRAVITY AND AEROMAGNETIC DATA
ON THE POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE OF KOMATIITES IN THE ARCHAEAN HIGH-GRADE POLYMETAMORPHIC CENTRAL ZONE OF THE LIMPOPO BELT, SOUTH AFRICA
The growth of the Zimbabwe Craton during the late Archaean: an ion microprobe U–Pb zircon study
Paleomagnetic and geochronological evidence for large-scale post–1.88 Ga displacement between the Zimbabwe and Kaapvaal cratons along the Limpopo belt
We report new petrological data for granulites from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex, southern Africa, and construct a prograde P-T path that traverses from high-pressure granulite-facies metamorphism to peak ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) metamorphism by rapid decompression, which was followed by further decompression and cooling. Mg-rich ( X Mg ~0.58) staurolite enclosed within poikiloblastic garnet in an Mg-Al-rich rock from the Beit Bridge area is rarely mantled by a sapphirine + quartz corona, suggesting the progress of the prograde dehydration reaction: staurolite + garnet → sapphirine + quartz + H 2 O. The symplectic sapphirine + quartz developed around staurolite probably implies decompression from P >14 kbar toward the stability of sapphirine + quartz at T ~1000 °C along a clockwise P-T path. The orthopyroxene + sillimanite + quartz assemblage mantled by cordierite aggregates in a pelitic granulite from the same area also suggests extreme metamorphism and subsequent further decompression. Various corona textures such as kyanite + sapphirine, sapphirine + cordierite, and orthopyroxene + cordierite were probably formed as a result of decompression cooling events. The prograde high-pressure metamorphism and the following UHT event relate to the collisional tectonics of the Zimbabwe and Kaapvaal Cratons, which are associated with the amalgamation of microcontinents during the Neoarchean.
Published whole-rock Sm-Nd and zircon Lu-Hf data from the Limpopo Complex and adjoining areas of the Zimbabwe and Kaapvaal Cratons provide insight into the regional crustal evolution and tectonic processes that shaped the complex. The Northern Marginal Zone of the complex, and the Francistown area of the Zimbabwe craton, represent an accretionary margin (active at 2.6–2.7 Ga) at the southern edge of that craton, at deep and shallow crustal levels, respectively. The Southern Marginal Zone represents a deep crustal level of the northern Kaapvaal Craton and was not an accretionary margin at the time of high-grade metamorphism (2.72–2.65 Ga). The syntectonic Matok granite was produced by crustal anatexis. In the Central Zone, the presence of ca. 3.5–3.3 Ga crust is indicated throughout its E-W extent by T Nd,DM model ages of metapelites and by zircon xenocrysts and their T Hf,DM model ages. The ca. 2.65 Ga granitoids in the Central Zone (the Singelele-type quartzofeldspathic gneisses in the Musina area, granitoids in the Phikwe Complex, Botswana, the so-called gray gneisses, and the Bulai charnockite) were formed by anatexis of such old crust, whereas 2.6 Ga juvenile (arc-related?) magmatism produced the Bulai enderbite, and may be a component in the Zanzibar gneiss. The Mahalapye granitoid complex in Botswana was formed by crustal anatexis at 2.0 Ga, but mafic and hybrid rocks of this age have a mantle-derived component. The data do not prohibit a collisional model for the Neoarchean high-grade metamorphic event in the Central Zone and Southern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Complex.
Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the polymetamorphic Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex
Integrated geological studies in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex formed the basis for the construction of a composite deformation (D)–pressure (P)– temperature (T)–time (t) (D-P-T-t) diagram that shows the following: First, in the Neoarchean the Central Zone probably underwent high-pressure (HP) (P >14 kbar, T ~950 °C) conditions followed by near isothermal decompression to ultrahigh- temperature conditions (UHT) (T ~1000 °C, P ~10 kbar), before ca. 2.68 Ga. Second, the post-peak exhumation history linked to two distinct decompression cooling stages commenced at ca. 2.68 Ga and ended before the emplacement of the Bulai Pluton at ca. 2.61 Ga. Stage 1 started at P ~9 kbar, T = 900 °C, and culminated with the emplacement of leucocratic anatectic granitoids at ca. 2.65 Ga. Stage 2, linked to the development of major SW-plunging sheath folds and related shear zones, started at P ~6 kbar, T ~700 °C and ended at P ~5 kbar, T ~550 °C, before ca. 2.61 Ga. The rocks resided at the mid-crustal level for more than 600 m.y. before they were again reworked at ca. 2.02 Ga by a Paleoproterozoic event. This event commenced with isobaric (P ~5 kbar) reheating (T ~150 °C) of the rocks related to the emplacement at ca. 2.05 Ga of magma linked to the Bushveld Igneous Complex. This was followed by final exhumation of the Central Zone. The Neoarchean high-grade event that affected the Limpopo Complex is linked to a Himalayan-type collision of the Kaapvaal and Zimbabwe Cratons that resulted in over-thickened unstable crust and the establishment of HP and UHT conditions. This unstable crust initially responded to the compressional event by thrust-driven uplift and spreading of the marginal zones onto the two adjacent granite-greenstone cratons. The post-peak exhumation history was probably driven by a doming-diapiric mechanism (gravitational redistribution).
Archean magmatic granulites, diapirism, and Proterozoic reworking in the Northern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt
The Northern Marginal Zone (NMZ) of the Limpopo Belt, southern Africa, is a high-grade gneiss belt dominated by magmatic granulites of the charnoenderbite suite, which intruded minor mafic-ultramafic and metasedimentary rocks between 2.74 and 2.57 Ga. The intrusive rocks have crustal and mantle components, and occur as elliptical bodies interpreted as diapirs. Peak metamorphism (P ≤800 MPa, T = 800–850 °C) occurred at ca. 2.59 Ga. The highly radiogenic nature of the rocks in the NMZ, supplemented by heat from mantle melts, led to heating and diapirism, culminating in the intrusion of distinctive porphyritic charnockites and granites. Horizontal shortening and steep extrusion of the NMZ, during which crustal thickening was limited by high geothermal gradients, contrast with overthickening and gravitational collapse observed particularly in more recent orogens. The granulites were exhumed by the end of the Archean. The pervasive late Archean shortening over the whole of the NMZ contrasts with limited deformation on the Zimbabwe Craton, possibly owing to the strengthening effect of early crust in the craton. In the southeast of the NMZ, strike-slip kinematic indicators occur within the Transition Zone and the Triangle Shear Zone, where dextral shearing reworked the Archean crust at ca. 1.97 Ga.
Tectonic models proposed for the Limpopo Complex: Mutual compatibilities and constraints
Published models for the Limpopo Complex as a whole include Neoarchean (ca. 2.65 Ga) continent-continent collision, Turkic-type terrane accretion, and plume-related gravitational redistribution within the crust. Hypotheses proposed for parts of the complex are Paleoproterozoic (ca. 2.0 Ga) dextral transpression for the Central Zone, westward emplacement of the Central Zone as a giant nappe, and gravitational redistribution scenarios. In this chapter these models and hypotheses are reviewed and tested against new data from geophysics (chiefly seismics and gravity), isotope geochemistry (mainly Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf data), geochronology, and petrology. Among the whole-complex models, the plume-related gravitational redistribution model and the Turkic-type terrane accretion model do not satisfy the constraints. The Neoarchean collision model remains as a viable working hypothesis, whereby (in contrast to published versions) the Zimbabwe Craton appears to be the overriding plate, with the Northern Marginal and Central Zones of the Limpopo Complex as its (possibly Andean-type) active margin and shelf, respectively. Of the partial models, gravitational redistribution in the context of crustal thickening is compatible with Neoarchean collision and can explain features at the Complex–Kaapvaal Craton boundary. Paleoproterozoic dextral transpression in the Central Zone can be superimposed on Neoarchean collision, provided that it does not itself entail a continent collision. The Paleoproterozoic metamorphism is characterized by near-isobaric prograde paths, which (along with combined teleseismic and gravity data) suggest magmatic underplating. This could be related to the Bushveld Complex, and may have weakened the crust, leading to the focusing of regional strain into transcurrent movement in the Central Zone.