Mozambique belt

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The Mozambique Belt is a major Precambrian metamorphic and tectonic belt in East Africa and Madagascar, formed during the assembly of the Gondwana supercontinent.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mozambique Belt 2
Kuunga belt 1
Mozambique belt canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Precambrian metamorphic belt
orogenic belt
tectonic belt
age Precambrian
ageRange Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic
associatedWith assembly of Gondwana
boundedBy Congo Craton
Kaapvaal Craton
Tanzania Craton
linked to: Tanzania craton
contains granitoid intrusions
meta-igneous rocks
metasedimentary sequences
shear zones
thrust faults
extendsThrough Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Mozambique
Somalia
Tanzania
formedBy collision of East and West Gondwana blocks
formedDuring Neoproterozoic
forms part of the East African-Antarctic Orogen
geologicalPeriod Pan-African tectonothermal event
linked to: Pan-African orogeny
hasEconomicImportance mineral resources
lithology gneiss
granulite
high-grade metamorphic rocks
schist
locatedIn East Africa
Madagascar
metamorphicGrade amphibolite facies
granulite facies
namedAfter Mozambique
orientation generally north–south to northeast–southwest in East Africa
orogenyType collisional orogeny
partOf East African Orogen
linked to: Pan-African orogeny
relatedTo Pan-African orogeny
researchField geochronology
metamorphic petrology
structural geology
significance records Gondwana amalgamation
structuralStyle fold-and-thrust belt
tectonicProcess continental collision
subduction
tectonicSetting convergent plate margin

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pan-African orogeny hasPart Mozambique belt
Kalahari Craton boundedBy Mozambique Belt
linked to: Mozambique belt
Kuunga orogeny namedAfter Kuunga belt
linked to: Mozambique belt
Tanzania craton boundedBy Mozambique Belt
linked to: Mozambique belt