The Bangweulu Block is a cratonic unit that forms part of the Congo craton of central Africa. The Bangweulu Block however consists of Palaeoproterozoic granitoids and volcanics , and is overlain by a Palaeoproterozoic continental sedimentary succession , the Mporokoso Group , and does not preserve much direct evidence of Archaean protoliths .
4-685: Bangweulu may refer to Bangweulu Block , part of the Congo craton of central Africa Bangweulu tsessebe , an antelope found in Zambia Bangweulu Wetlands in Zambia Lake Bangweulu in Zambia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bangweulu . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-740: The Likasi Terrane . The Bangweulu Block is bordered on the west by the Kundelungu Plateau, on the southwest by the Lufilian Arc , on the southeast by the Kibaran Irumide Belt , and on the northeast by the Ubendian Belt. The block was formed during the Eburnian orogeny , with the crystalline basement dated at 1,835 Ma , implying last Eburnian magmatism . Post-Eburnian sediments include
12-658: The Bangweulu Block is provided by detrital zircons within the Mporokoso Group, which indicate a local source area with zircons of 3.2, 3.0. 2.7 and 2.5 Ga, but more importantly, by xenocrystic zircon found in volcanic and granitic lithologies of the Bangweulu Block, and the area to the West, the Central African Copperbelt (Rainaud et al., 2003). This indicates the presence of a ca . 3.2 Ga terrane called
16-450: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangweulu&oldid=833934145 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bangweulu Block Indirect evidence of an Archaean ancestry for
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