Kuunga orogeny
Orogeny in Southeast Africa
The Kuunga orogeny (from Swahili, "to unite")[1] was an orogeny that occurred in South-east Africa during the Ediacaran and Cambrian. Composed of three separate orogenic belts (Damara, Zambesi, and Lurio) that are slightly younger than the East African orogeny, the Kuunga orogeny documents the collision between north and south Gondwana, or what is today Dronning Maud Land in Antarctica and northern Mozambique in Africa.[2]
The name was proposed in 1995 by J. G. Meert, R. van der Voo and S. Ayub.[3]
References
- ^ Meert 2003, p. 32
- ^ Grantham et al. 2013, Introduction,p. 86
- ^ Meert, J. G.; van der Voo, R.; Ayub, S. (1995). "Paleomagnetic investigation of the Neoproterozoic Gagwe lavas and Mbozi complex, Tanzania and the assembly of Gondwana". Precambrian Research. 74 (4): 225–244. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(95)00012-T.
Sources
- Grantham, G. H.; Macey, P. H.; Horie, K.; Kawakami, T.; Ishikawa, M.; Satish-Kumar, M.; Tsuchiya, N.; Graser, P.; Azevedo, S. (2013). "Comparison of the metamorphic history of the Monapo Complex, northern Mozambique and Balchenfjella and Austhameren areas, Sør Rondane, Antarctica: Implications for the Kuunga Orogeny and the amalgamation of N and S. Gondwana". Precambrian Research. 234: 85–135. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2012.11.012. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- Meert, J. G. (2003). "A synopsis of events related to the assembly of eastern Gondwana". Tectonophysics. 362 (1): 1–40. Bibcode:2003Tectp.362....1M. doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00629-7.
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Major African geological formations
- Major plates: African Plate
- Minor plates: Somali Plate
- Microplates: Lwandle Plate
- Madagascar Plate
- Rovuma Plate
- Seychelles Plate
- Victoria Microplate
- Arabian-Nubian Shield
- Congo Craton
- Kaapvaal Craton
- Kalahari Craton
- Saharan Metacraton
- Tanzania Craton
- Tuareg Shield
- West African Craton
- Zimbabwe Craton
- Aswa Dislocation
- Broodkop Shear Zone
- Central African Shear Zone
- Chuan Shear Zones
- Foumban Shear Zone
- Kandi Fault Zone
- Mwembeshi Shear Zone
- Todi Shear Zone
- Western Meseta Shear Zone
- Afar Triangle
- Anza trough
- Bahr el Arab rift
- Benue Trough
- Blue Nile rift
- East African Rift
- Gulf of Suez Rift
- Lamu Embayment
- Melut Basin
- Muglad Basin
- Red Sea Rift
- Sangha Aulacogen
- Atbara rift
- Urema Valley
- West and Central African Rift System
- White Nile rift
- Angola Basin
- Aoukar
- Blue Nile Basin
- Chad Basin
- Congo Basin
- Douala Basin
- El Djouf
- Karoo Basin
- Gabon Basin
- Iullemmeden Basin
- Kufra Basin
- Murzuq Basin
- Niger Delta Basin
- Ogaden Basin
- Orange River Basin
- Ouled Abdoun Basin
- Owambo Basin
- Reggane Basin
- Rio del Rey Basin
- Sirte Basin
- Somali Coastal Basin
- Taoudeni Basin
- Tanzania Coastal Basin
- Tindouf Basin
- Turkana Basin
- Aïr Mountains
- Atlas Mountains
- Aurès Mountains
- Bambouk Mountains
- Blue Mountains
- Cameroon line
- Central Pangean Mountains
- Chaillu Mountains
- Drakensberg
- Eastern Arc Mountains
- Eastern Rift mountains
- Ethiopian Highlands
- Great Escarpment
- Great Karas Mountains
- Guinea Highlands
- Hoggar Mountains
- Imatong Mountains
- Jebel Uweinat
- Loma Mountains
- Mandara Mountains
- Marrah Mountains
- Mitumba Mountains
- Nuba Mountains
- Rif Mountains
- Rwenzori Mountains
- Sankwala Mountains
- Serra da Leba
- Serra da Chela
- Teffedest Mountains
- Tibesti Mountains
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