Okwa Block

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Okwa Block is an ancient geological terrane within the Kalahari Craton, composed mainly of Archean to Paleoproterozoic rocks that record early continental crust formation in southern Africa.

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Okwa Block canonical 1

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Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crustal block ⓘ
geological terrane ⓘ
associatedWith Kalahari Craton evolution ⓘ
belongsTo Precambrian shield provinces ⓘ
composedOf Archean rocks ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic rocks ⓘ
geologicalAge Archean ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic ⓘ
hasLithology gneiss ⓘ
granitoid rocks ⓘ
greenstone remnants ⓘ
high-grade metamorphic rocks ⓘ
hasOutcrops central Botswana ⓘ
hasProcessEvidence crustal reworking ⓘ
deformation ⓘ
high-grade metamorphism ⓘ
magmatic accretion ⓘ
locatedIn Botswana ⓘ
southern Africa ⓘ
overlies older Archean basement ⓘ
partOf African continental crust ⓘ
Kalahari Craton ⓘ
records early continental crust formation ⓘ
researchField Precambrian geology ⓘ
geochronology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
significance constrains assembly of the Kalahari Craton ⓘ
records early continental growth in southern Africa ⓘ
studiedUsing Nd isotopes ⓘ
Pb isotopes ⓘ
U-Pb zircon dating ⓘ
tectonicSetting cratonic interior ⓘ

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

Kalahari Craton → contains → Okwa Block ⓘ