Kalahari Craton

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The Kalahari Craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust underlying much of southern Africa and forming a key component of Earth’s early Precambrian geology.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kalahari Craton canonical 13
Kalahari Craton basement 1
Kalahari Craton margin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient continental crust block ⓘ
craton ⓘ
boundedBy Cape Fold Belt ⓘ
Damara Belt ⓘ
Gariep Belt ⓘ
Lufilian Belt ⓘ
Mozambique Belt ⓘ
linked to: Mozambique belt
characteristic ancient continental nucleus ⓘ
tectonically stable ⓘ
collidedWith Congo Craton ⓘ
Rio de la Plata Craton ⓘ
contains Bushveld Igneous Complex ⓘ
Kaapvaal Craton ⓘ
Kimberley kimberlite fields ⓘ
Limpopo Belt ⓘ
Magondi Belt ⓘ
Namaqua-Natal Belt ⓘ
Okwa Block ⓘ
Rehoboth Subprovince ⓘ
Witwatersrand Basin basement ⓘ
Zimbabwe Craton ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
coveredBy Kalahari Basin sediments ⓘ
Karoo Supergroup sediments ⓘ
economicImportance hosts major chromium and vanadium deposits ⓘ
hosts major diamond deposits ⓘ
hosts major gold deposits ⓘ
hosts major platinum-group element deposits ⓘ
experienced Mesoproterozoic orogenesis ⓘ
Neoproterozoic rifting ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic orogenesis ⓘ
Proterozoic crustal growth ⓘ
formedDuring Archean Eon ⓘ
geologicalAge Precambrian ⓘ
hasRockType Archean granitoid-gneiss complexes ⓘ
Proterozoic mobile belts ⓘ
greenstone belts ⓘ
high-grade metamorphic rocks ⓘ
locatedIn southern Africa ⓘ
linked to: Southern Africa
partOf African Plate ⓘ
researchField Precambrian geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
riftedFrom Amazonia ⓘ
Laurentia ⓘ
significance key to reconstruction of Precambrian supercontinents ⓘ
underlies Botswana ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
parts of Angola ⓘ
parts of Mozambique ⓘ
parts of Zambia ⓘ
wasPartOf Gondwana supercontinent ⓘ
linked to: Gondwana

Rodinia supercontinent ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Columbia → containsCraton → Kalahari Craton ⓘ
subject linked to: supercontinent Columbia (Nuna)
Nuna → containsCraton → Kalahari Craton ⓘ
subject linked to: supercontinent Columbia (Nuna)
Kalahari Basin → partOf → Kalahari Craton ⓘ
Pan-African orogeny → affects → Kalahari Craton ⓘ
Proto-Africa → hasComponent → Kalahari craton ⓘ
subject linked to: proto-Africa
linked to: Kalahari Craton
Damara orogeny → involvesCraton → Kalahari Craton ⓘ
Namaqua-Natal Belt → partOf → Kalahari Craton basement ⓘ
linked to: Kalahari Craton
Rehoboth Subprovince → partOf → Kalahari Craton ⓘ
Rehoboth Subprovince → hasCrustalAffinity → Kalahari Craton ⓘ
Okwa Block → partOf → Kalahari Craton ⓘ
Magondi Belt → locatedOnCratonMargin → Kalahari Craton ⓘ
Magondi Belt → marginOf → Kalahari Craton ⓘ
Damara Belt → separatesCratons → Kalahari Craton ⓘ
Gariep Belt → borders → Kalahari Craton ⓘ
Gariep Belt → overlies → Kalahari Craton margin ⓘ
linked to: Kalahari Craton
Lufilian Belt → borders → Kalahari Craton ⓘ