Orogen styles in the East African Orogen: A review of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian tectonic evolution

H. Fritz,M. Abdelsalam,K. Ali,B. Bingen,A. Collins,A. Fowler,W. Ghebreab,C. Hauzenberger,P. Johnson,T. Kusky,P. Macey,S. Muhongo,R. Stern,G. Viola

Published 2013 in Journal of African Earth Sciences

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Graphicalabstract Condensed timetable of major geologic events in the East African Orogen. Opening of the Mozambique Ocean and formation of rift basins in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and SW Madagascar was accompanied by emplacement of anorthosite melt in extending crust. A first phase of ocean closure and accretion of terranes defines the East African Orogeny. The second orogen phase, Kuungan Orogeny, mainly affected the southern parts of east Africa and Madagascar. Both shortening events were followed by extension phases that were accompanied by emplacement of late- to post-tectonic granitoids. EGCD: Eastern Granulite–Cabo Delgado Nappe Complex; Madag: Madagascar; Ub–Us: Usagaran/Ubendian Belts; WG: Western Granulite Belt; IB (Z–M): Irumide Belt of Zambia and Malawi; IB (M): Irumide Belt of Mozambique.

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