Damara Belt

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The Damara Belt is a major Neoproterozoic–Paleozoic orogenic belt in Namibia, formed during the assembly of Gondwana and marking the collision zone between the Congo and Kalahari cratons.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Damara Belt canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
orogenic belt ⓘ
boundedBy Congo Craton to the north ⓘ
Kalahari Craton to the south ⓘ
contains sedimentary basins ⓘ
volcanic sequences ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Namibia ⓘ
extendsInto north-central Namibia ⓘ
formedBy continental collision ⓘ
subduction-related processes ⓘ
formedDuring assembly of Gondwana ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Cambrian ⓘ
linked to: Cambrian Period

Neoproterozoic ⓘ
linked to: Neoproterozoic Era

Ordovician ⓘ
linked to: Ordovician Period
hasDeformationPhase brittle overprint in late stages ⓘ
multiple ductile deformation phases ⓘ
hasEconomicResource base metals ⓘ
industrial minerals ⓘ
uranium deposits ⓘ
hasMagmatism post-tectonic granitic magmatism ⓘ
syn-tectonic granitic magmatism ⓘ
hasMetamorphicGrade low-grade to high-grade metamorphism ⓘ
hasRockType granitoid intrusions ⓘ
metasedimentary rocks ⓘ
metavolcanic rocks ⓘ
hasStructure fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
regional folds ⓘ
shear zones ⓘ
isSegmentOf Damara Orogen ⓘ
linked to: Damara orogeny
locatedIn Namibia ⓘ
metamorphicEvent Pan-African metamorphism ⓘ
linked to: Pan-African orogeny
orientation roughly east–west trending ⓘ
orogenyAge Neoproterozoic ⓘ
Paleozoic ⓘ
partOf Pan-African orogenic system ⓘ
linked to: Pan-African orogeny
researchField geochronology ⓘ
metamorphic petrology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
separatesCratons Congo Craton ⓘ
Kalahari Craton ⓘ
significance key for understanding Gondwana assembly in southwestern Africa ⓘ
records collision between Congo and Kalahari cratons ⓘ
tectonicProvince Pan-African belts of southwestern Africa ⓘ
tectonicSetting collision zone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Kalahari Craton → boundedBy → Damara Belt ⓘ
Damara orogeny → orogenicBelt → Damara Belt ⓘ
Damara orogeny → developedAlong → Damara Belt ⓘ
Rehoboth Subprovince → isBoundedBy → Damara Belt ⓘ
Gariep Belt → relatedTo → Damara Belt ⓘ
Lufilian Belt → relatedTo → Damara Belt ⓘ