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dc.contributor.advisorFrei, Dirk
dc.contributor.authorWoolf, Keanan Alan
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-13T11:06:08Z
dc.date.available2023-07-13T11:06:08Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/10387
dc.description>Magister Scientiae - MScen_US
dc.description.abstractThe Saldania Belt is a Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic low-grade orogenic belt that borders the southern and southwestern margins of the Kalahari Carton. It forms part of the Neoproterozoic Pan-African and Brasiliano tectonic belts in southern Africa and southeastern South America, related to the assembly of southwestern Gondwana. The Saldania Belt is composed of several inliers, one of which is the Kango Inlier. The Kango Inlier is an east-west orientated foreland basin consisting of several groups and formations. The Cango Caves Group forms the basal unit within the Kango Inlier, comprising of the Matjies River, Groenefontein and Huis Rivier formations. Using a combined study incorporating petrographic, geochemical, isotopic and U-Pb geochronological data, the Cango Caves Group is investigated to aid in deciphering the crustal evolution of the Kango Inlier.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectBasin evolutionen_US
dc.subjectCango Caves Groupen_US
dc.subjectGeochronologyen_US
dc.subjectGroenefontein Formationen_US
dc.subjectHuis Rivier Formationen_US
dc.titleConstraining the stratigraphy and paleotectonic development of the Cango Caves and Kansa Groups (Western Cape, South Africa) using detrital zircon and whole-rock geochemistryen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US


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