Mauritanide Belt
E779350
The Mauritanide Belt is a major Paleozoic-age mountain belt in West Africa formed by the collision of continental plates along the western margin of the West African Craton.
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological region
ⓘ
orogenic belt ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Sahara Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boundedBy | West African Craton to the east ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
Guinea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberia ⓘ Mauritania NERFINISHED ⓘ Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deformationStyle | fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ |
| economicGeology |
gold occurrences
ⓘ
mineralization in iron ore ⓘ |
| extendsAlong | Atlantic margin of West Africa ⓘ |
| formedBy | continental collision ⓘ |
| geodynamicContext | Gondwana margin orogen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Paleozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lithology |
granitoid intrusions
ⓘ
metasedimentary rocks ⓘ metavolcanic rocks ⓘ |
| locatedIn | West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | western margin of the West African Craton ⓘ |
| metamorphicGrade | low- to medium-grade metamorphism ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mauritania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orogeny | Mauritanide orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallelTo | present Atlantic coastline of West Africa ⓘ |
| relatedTo | opening of the Central Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| researchField |
economic geology
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| separates | West African Craton from the Atlantic margin ⓘ |
| structuralTrend | north–south ⓘ |
| tectonicPhase | Variscan-related deformation ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate margin ⓘ |
| timeOfMainDeformation | Late Paleozoic ⓘ |
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