Greenstone belts are zones of variably metamorphosed mafic to ultramafic volcanic sequences with associated sedimentary rocks that occur within Archaean...
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greenstone belts Hounde greenstone belt Boromo greenstone belt Kilo-Moto Lufico - Cabinda Cassinga Barberton greenstone belt Pietersberg greenstone belt...
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The Isua Greenstone Belt is an Archean greenstone belt in southwestern Greenland, aged between 3.7 and 3.8 billion years. The belt contains variably metamorphosed...
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Yilgarn Craton (redirect from Southern Cross Province)
deposits. The Southern Cross Province lies in the central area of the Yilgarn craton. The Marda–Diemals greenstone belt in the Southern Cross Terrane can...
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The Temagami Greenstone Belt (TGB) is a small 2.7 billion year old greenstone belt in the Temagami region of Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It represents...
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contains migmatitic TTG gneisses, and the eastern block contains 2.7 Ga greenstone belts and calc-alkaline plutons. The formation of the basement rock of the...
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Algoman orogeny (section Greenstone)
and sedimentary rocks called greenstone belts.: 31 Most Archean volcanic rocks are concentrated within greenstone belts;: 45 the green color comes from...
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is the southernmost of the gold-bearing bands in the Archaen greenstone (schist) belts of Zimbabwe. It is estimated that between 1866 and 1963 over 200...
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Renosterkoppies Greenstone Belt forms on the northern edge of the Kaapvaal Craton. c. 2,736 Ma – Formation of the Temagami Greenstone Belt in Temagami, Ontario...
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Tanzania and contain most of the greenstone belts found in the Tanzanian Craton. Granite rocks surrounding these greenstone belts are also known to host gold...
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