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Ulf Söderlund

Ulf Söderlund

Professor

Ulf Söderlund

Late Paleoproterozoic mafic magmatism and the Kalahari craton during Columbia assembly

Author

  • Cedric Djeutchou
  • Michiel O. de Kock
  • Hervé Wabo
  • Camilo E. Gaitán
  • Ulf Söderlund
  • Ashley P. Gumsley

Summary, in English

The 1.87–1.84 Ga Black Hills dike swarm of the Kalahari craton (South Africa) is coeval with several regional magmatic provinces used here to resolve the craton’s position during Columbia assembly. We report a new 1850 ± 4 Ma (U-Pb isotope dilution–thermal ionization mass spectrometry [ID-TIMS] on baddeleyite) crystallization age for one dike and new paleomagnetic data for 34 dikes of which 8 have precise U-Pb ages. Results are constrained by positive baked-contact and reversal tests, which combined with existing data produce a 1.87–1.84 Ga mean pole from 63 individual dikes. By integrating paleomagnetic and geochronological data sets, we calculate poles for three magmatic episodes and produce a magnetostratigraphic record. At 1.88 Ga, the Kalahari craton is reconstructed next to the Superior craton so that their ca. 2.0 Ga poles align. As such, magmatism forms part of a radiating pattern with the coeval ca. 1.88 Ga Circum-Superior large igneous province

Department/s

  • Lithosphere and Biosphere Science

Publishing year

2021-11

Language

English

Pages

1375-1380

Publication/Series

Geology

Volume

49

Issue

11

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Geological Society of America

Topic

  • Geology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0091-7613