Kaapvaal Craton - Wikipedia
The Kaapvaal Craton (centred on the Limpopo Province in South Africa), along with the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia, are the only remaining areas of pristine 3.6–2.5 Ga (billion years ago) crust on Earth.
Kaapvaal Craton | geological region, Africa | Britannica
continental shield, any of the large stable areas of low relief in the Earth’s crust that are composed of Precambrian crystalline rocks. The age of these rocks is in all cases greater than 540 million years, and radiometric age dating has revealed some that are as old as 2 to 3 billion years.
Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa - Springer
The Kaapvaal craton in South Africa is, along with the Pilbara craton of Western Australia, the only areas where mid-Archean (3.6–2.5 Ga) volcanic and sedimentary rocks are relatively well preserved.
The Archaean Geology of the Kaapvaal Craton, Southern Africa
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of one of the oldest and best-exposed Archaean cratons on this planet. There is currently a renewed interest in the early Earth, and the Kaapvaal craton has long served as a model for early crustal evolution.
3.08 billion-year-old crustal differentiation constrained by Sn and …
6 天之前 · Archean tin mineralization is occasionally documented, for example, in the ca. 3.07 Ga (billion-year-old) Sinceni tin granite and related pegmatites in the eastern Kaapvaal Craton 2 as well as in ...
Kaapvaal Craton - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia
2024年9月27日 · The Kaapvaal Craton (centred on Limpopo Province in South Africa), along with the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia, are the only remaining areas of pristine 3.62.5 Ga (billion years ago) crust on Earth.
The Kaapvaal Craton and early life on planet earth - ArcheanWeb
2020年4月15日 · The Kaapvaal Craton underlies the northeastern third of South Africa. It also extends into Botswana, the southern edge of Zimbabwe, and the southwesternmost fringe of Mozambique. This craton formed during the Archean Eon between 3.6 and 2.7 billion years ago.
Kaapvaal Craton - STEC@UKZN
North of the great Tugela River lies the most ancient crustal block in southern Africa, the Archaean Kaapvaal Craton (3000 million years old). The Kaapvaal craton is one of the very few remaining areas of pristine crust on Earth.
Felsic crust development in the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa: A ...
2024年3月1日 · The crust of the Kaapvaal craton accreted throughout the Archaean over nearly 1 billion years. It provides a unique example of the various geological processes that shape Earth's continental crust, and is illustrated by a reference collection of …
Deep continental roots and cratons | Nature
2021年8月11日 · The formation and preservation of cratons—the oldest parts of the continents, comprising over 60 per cent of the continental landmass—remains an enduring problem. Key to craton development is...