U-Pb SHRIMP data for the Madibe greenstone belt: implications for crustal growth on the western margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa

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Research Article| March 01, 2008 U-Pb SHRIMP data for the Madibe greenstone belt: implications for crustal growth on the western margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa M. Poujol; M. Poujol Géosciences Rennes UMR6118, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France, e-mail: marc.poujol@univ-rennes1.fr Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar A.J. Hirner; A.J. Hirner School of Geosciences, CAMEG, Private Bag 3, University of the Witwatersrand, WITS 2050, South Africa Current address: German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), German Aerospace Center (DLR), P.O. Box 1116, D-82234, Wessling, Germany, e-mail: andreas.hirner@dlr.de Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar R.A. Armstrong; R.A. Armstrong Research School for Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, e-mail: richard.armstrong@prise.anu.edu.au Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar C.R. Anhaeusser C.R. Anhaeusser Economic Geology Research Institute, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050, South Africa, e-mail: carl.anhaeusser@wits.ac.za Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information M. Poujol Géosciences Rennes UMR6118, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France, e-mail: marc.poujol@univ-rennes1.fr A.J. Hirner School of Geosciences, CAMEG, Private Bag 3, University of the Witwatersrand, WITS 2050, South Africa Current address: German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), German Aerospace Center (DLR), P.O. Box 1116, D-82234, Wessling, Germany, e-mail: andreas.hirner@dlr.de R.A. Armstrong Research School for Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, e-mail: richard.armstrong@prise.anu.edu.au C.R. Anhaeusser Economic Geology Research Institute, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050, South Africa, e-mail: carl.anhaeusser@wits.ac.za Publisher: Geological Society of South Africa First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1996-8590 Print ISSN: 1012-0750 © 2008, The Clay Minerals Society South African Journal of Geology (2008) 111 (1): 67–78. https://doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.111.1.67 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation M. Poujol, A.J. Hirner, R.A. Armstrong, C.R. Anhaeusser; U-Pb SHRIMP data for the Madibe greenstone belt: implications for crustal growth on the western margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology 2008;; 111 (1): 67–78. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.111.1.67 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySouth African Journal of Geology Search Advanced Search Abstract The Madibe greenstone belt is the easternmost belt of the northern Kraaipan terrane, located in the Kimberley Block of the Kaapvaal Craton. It comprises a mature Middle to Late Archaean volcanic island arc succession that was welded onto the evolving western margin of the Kaapvaal Shield. The lithologies strike in a north-south direction and represent an assemblage of metamorphosed and strongly deformed volcanic and minor sedimentary rocks, now represented by phyllites, quartz-sericite schists, quartz-chlorite schists, amphibolites, talc-carbonate schists and banded iron formations.We report a SHRIMP U-Pb age of 3082.5 ± 5.9 Ma for an intermediate metavolcanic rock. Ages of zircon grains within a volcano-sedimentary rock define ages around 3.43, ~3.18 and, ~3.09 Ga and are as young as ~3.04 Ga, suggesting the presence of older, mature continental crust. Age relationships of rocks from the Madibe greenstone belt and the Murchison greenstone belt suggest that the Kaapvaal Shield apparently experienced an episode of rapid crustal growth at around 3090 Ma along both the northern and western margins. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.