The Archaean Geology of the Kaapvaal Craton, Southern Africa

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kröner, Alfred (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hofmann, Axel (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Regional Geology Reviews,
• Subjects: Structural geology.; Geochemistry.; Mineral resources.; Geophysics.; Structural Geology.; Mineral Resources.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of one of the oldest and best-exposed Archaean cratons on this planet. There is currently a renewed interest in the early Earth, and the Kaapvaal craton has long served as a model for early crustal evolution. This unique multidisciplinary...

Table of Contents:

• Eastern craton, Swaziland, southern Barberton granite-greenstone terrane
• Western craton, including Johannesburg Dome
• Northeastern craton up to Limpopo belt
• Archaean of KwaZulu-Natal Province
• Pongola Supergroup
• Witwatersrand Supergroup and gold deposits
• The Ventersdorp and Transvaal Supergroups
• Barberton Greenstone Belt
• Lithospheric structure of the Kaapvaal Craton based on seismic data
• Gold mineralization in the Barberton Greenstone Belt. .