Kibaran orogeny

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The Kibaran orogeny was a Mesoproterozoic mountain-building event in central and southern Africa that formed part of the broader Grenville-age global orogenic system.

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instanceOf geological event
mountain-building event
orogeny
affects Kibaran Belt NERFINISHED
associatedWith Sn–W mineralization
assembly of Rodinia supercontinent
rare-metal granites
chronostratigraphicRange ca. 1400–1000 Ma
continent Africa
correlatesWith Grenville orogeny NERFINISHED
Namaqua–Natal orogeny NERFINISHED
Sveconorwegian orogeny NERFINISHED
geodynamicProcess continental collision and accretion
subduction
hasApproximateEnd 1000 million years ago
hasApproximateStart 1400 million years ago
hasGeologicalAge Mesoproterozoic NERFINISHED
hasMetamorphicGrade amphibolite facies
granulite facies
hasPeakActivity around 1200 million years ago
hasRockRecordIn Kibara Belt NERFINISHED
Kivu Belt NERFINISHED
Namaqua–Natal Belt NERFINISHED
linkedTo formation of Proterozoic mobile belts in Africa
stabilization of the African craton margins
locatedIn central Africa
southern Africa NERFINISHED
namedAfter Kibara region NERFINISHED
orogenicCycle Grenvillian orogenic cycle NERFINISHED
partOf Grenville-age global orogenic system
produced fold-and-thrust belts
granitoid intrusions
high-grade metamorphic rocks
shear zones
recordedIn Botswana NERFINISHED
Burundi NERFINISHED
Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED
Rwanda NERFINISHED
South Africa NERFINISHED
Tanzania NERFINISHED
Zambia NERFINISHED
Zimbabwe NERFINISHED
resultedIn crustal thickening
magmatic arc development
regional metamorphism
tectonicSetting continental collision
intra-continental deformation

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Grenville orogeny relatedTo Kibaran orogeny