Structural Analysis, Metamorphism, and Geochemistry of the Archean Granitoids-Greenstones of the Sukumaland Greenstone Belt Around Geita Hills, Northern Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorBoniface, Nelson
dc.contributor.authorMruma, Abdul H.
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-22T10:05:19Z
dc.date.available2016-04-22T10:05:19Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractGreenstone rocks, which include Banded Iron Formations (BIFs), tuffs, volcanic flows (basalt, andesite and rhyolite), and clastic sedimentary rocks (shale-mudstone, greywacke-sandstone and conglomerate), crop out around Geita Hills and are flanked by granites and granodiorites. BIFs and tuffs occupy larger area than other lithological units, which crop out as patches. Structural analysis indicates that layers of greenstone rocks are folded and display a regional fold axis with an attitude of 320˚/40˚. Low-grade metamorphic mineral assemblages (actinoliteepidote-chlorite in basalts and muscoviteepidote-chlorite in granitoids) are common in these rocks; this indicates a regional metamorphism at greenschist facies. However, BIFs and basalts are locally metamorphosed to epidoteamphibolite and amphibolite facies. Basalts belong to the tholeiite series whereas granites, diorites and rhyolites belong to the calc-alkaline series. Chondrite normalized rare earth element pattern of basalt is flat and plot slightly below the average N-MORB values suggesting the enrichment of the light rare earth elements, which means that mantle magma source was an EMORB. Granitoids and rhyolites have strong affinities to the continental arc source magma displaying strong enrichments in the LREEs with (La/Sm)N values ranging between 2.53 and 3.95 in rhyolites and between 4.08 and 5.40 in granitoids. The granitoids are classified as the I-type synorogenic metaluminous granites and granodiorites. Geochemical signatures suggest that the Geita Hills basalts erupted at the enriched mid ocean ridge setting of the back arc setting, and the granites, granodiorite and rhyolite formed in a volcanic arc setting particularly the continental arc.
dc.identifier.citationBoniface, N. and Mruma, A.H., 2012. Structural analysis, metamorphism, and geochemistry of the Archean granitoids-greenstones of the Sukumaland Greenstone Belt around Geita Hills, Northern Tanzania. Natural Science, 4(8), p.526.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1616
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectGranite-Greenstone
dc.subjectGreenschist Facies
dc.subjectSukumaland Greenstone Belt
dc.subjectArchean
dc.titleStructural Analysis, Metamorphism, and Geochemistry of the Archean Granitoids-Greenstones of the Sukumaland Greenstone Belt Around Geita Hills, Northern Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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