Damara orogeny
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The Damara orogeny was a major Neoproterozoic–early Paleozoic mountain-building event in present-day Namibia associated with the assembly of the Gondwana supercontinent.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain-building event
ⓘ
orogeny ⓘ |
| age |
Neoproterozoic
ⓘ
early Paleozoic ⓘ |
| associatedMineralization |
base metal deposits
ⓘ
uranium deposits in central Namibia ⓘ |
| associatedRockType |
granitoids
ⓘ
marbles ⓘ metasedimentary rocks ⓘ metavolcanic rocks ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gondwana supercontinent
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
assembly of Gondwana ⓘ |
| causedBy | collision of Congo Craton and Kalahari Craton ⓘ |
| continent | Gondwana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedAlong |
Damara Belt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
intra-continental mobile belt ⓘ |
| endPeriod | early Paleozoic ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | Pan-African–Brasiliano orogenic system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geodynamicContext | Gondwana amalgamation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesCraton |
Congo Craton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kalahari Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio de la Plata Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Namibia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southwestern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | African Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metamorphicGrade |
amphibolite facies
ⓘ
granulite facies ⓘ greenschist facies ⓘ |
| orogenicBelt | Damara Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Pan-African orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakActivityApproxMa | around 550–500 Ma ⓘ |
| precededBy | rifting of Rodinia fragments in southwestern Gondwana region ⓘ |
| relatedOrogen |
East African orogeny
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gariep orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaoko orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuunga orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
folding and thrusting of crustal rocks
ⓘ
formation of Damara Belt ⓘ granite intrusions in central Namibia ⓘ metamorphism of sedimentary basins in Namibia ⓘ |
| significance | records late Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic plate convergence in southwestern Gondwana ⓘ |
| startPeriod | Neoproterozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structuralTrend | ENE–WSW ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
metamorphic petrology
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| tectonicProcess |
continental collision
ⓘ
subduction ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate margin ⓘ |
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