Mesoproterozoic High-Grade Metamorphism in Pelitic Rocks of the Northwestern Ubendian Belt: Implication for the Extension of the Kibaran Intra-Continental Basins to Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorBoniface, Nelson
dc.contributor.authorSchenk, Volker
dc.contributor.authorAppel, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-22T11:31:16Z
dc.date.available2016-04-22T11:31:16Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301926814001673en_US
dc.description.abstractPaleoproterozoic basement rocks are thought to form the northwestern end of the Ubendian Belt in Tanzania that disappears towards the north below a Mesoproterozoic sedimentary cover. The northwestern end of the Ubendian Belt is known to constitute three litho-tectonic terranes of Katuma, Wakole and Ubende. Through dating of zircon (SHRIMP U–Pb) and monazite (U–Th–total Pb electron microprobe ages) of high-grade metasedimentary rocks of the Wakole Terrane we have detected solely Mesoproterozoic ages, showing no sign of reworking of older Paleoproterozoic basement. These findings signify that the Wakole Terrane hosts younger sediments of Mesoproterozoic times metamorphosed to high-grade P–T conditions (peaked at 670–680 °C/8.5–8.9 kbar). Two distinct phases of Mesoproterozoic metamorphic events separated by 160 Ma have been dated at 1166 ± 14 Ma and 1007 ± 6 Ma (SHRIMP U–Pb zircon). Zircon ages are supported by in-situ dating of monazite with ages at 1170 ± 10 Ma, and 1022 ± 5–1016 ± 10 Ma. The first age is closely related to the period of S-type granitoid emplacement at about 1200 Ma in the Karagwe-Ankolean and Kibaran Belts. The second age cluster overlaps with a period of global Mesoproterozoic orogenic cycle, also recorded in the neighboring Irumide and Kibaran Belts. This age group is associated with the assembly of the hypothetical Mesoproterozoic Rodinia Supercontinent. The recent model for the evolution of the Kibaran Belt suitably explains the spatial and temporal settings of Mesoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks of the Wakole Terrane overlying the Paleoproterozoic Ubendian Belt. Due to its proximity to the Kibaran Belt and by being bound by the Paleoproterozoic Terranes of Ubende and Katuma, it can be interpreted that the Wakole Terrane metasediments initially were deposited in an intra-continental basin that was later squeezed between these old terranes by the regional ca. 1000 Ma compressional event recorded in the Irumide, Kibaran and Karagwe-Ankolean Belts.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBoniface, N.E.L.S.O.N. and Schenk, V., 2007. Polymetamorphism in the Paleoproterozoic Ubendian Belt, Tanzania. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71(15 Suppl S), p.A107.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.precamres.2014.05.010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1645
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectZirconen_US
dc.subjectMonaziteen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectUbendian Belten_US
dc.subjectWakole Terraneen_US
dc.subjectMesoproterozoicen_US
dc.titleMesoproterozoic High-Grade Metamorphism in Pelitic Rocks of the Northwestern Ubendian Belt: Implication for the Extension of the Kibaran Intra-Continental Basins to Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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