A Glimpse into Mafic Magma Genesis in South Africa: Over the First 1.5 Billion Years of Earth History
Date
2011-11
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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Abstract
This talk will cover three areas of geology that I believe are important in the igneous history of South Africa spanning the first 1.5 billion years from 3.5 Ga to 2.0 Ga. The high-Mg lavas in Barberton and KwaZulu-Natal called komatiites 3.5 – 3.3 billion years ago. The volcanic rocks of the Pongola Supergroup 3.0 – 2.9 billion years ago. The Bushveld Complex 2.05 billion years ago.
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Inaugural lecture presented on the occasion of Allan Wilson’s Inaugural Lecture, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, November 2011.
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Geology, South Africa, Barberton, Kwazulu-Natal, Pongola, Bushveld, Lavas, Volcanic rocks
Citation
Wilson, Allan. (2011). A Glimpse into Mafic Magma Genesis in South Africa: Over the First 1.5 Billion Years of Earth History. [Inaugural lecture, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/40549