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