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Palaeoproterozoic ca. 2.03 Ga biotite granodiorite
Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Wed, 15/10/2014 - 14:11 | Last updated: Tue, 04/11/2014 - 11:00
Grid Ref (WGS84 Lat/Long in decimal degrees)
-18.433060, 26.848330
Location:
Along Bulawayo Falls Road
Stratigraphy:
Palaeoproterozoic granodiorite
Description:
Palaeoproterozoic (ca. 2.03 Ga) granitoids (biotite granodiorite), with numerous biotite-rich schlieren, representing an Andean-type continental magmatic arc on the western edge of the Zimbabwe Craton (Master et al., 2013a,b).
Further Reading:
Geological Society of Zimbabwe Annual Summer Symposium, Victoria Falls, 28-30 November 2013, Field Excursion Guidebook "An Introduction to the geology and geochronology of the Dete-Kamativi Inlier" by Dr Sharad Master of the Economic Geology Research Institute, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, sharad.master@wits.ac.za
Contributed:
01/12/2013
Updated:
15/10/2014
