Journal article
Intracontinental deformation in southern Africa during the Late Cretaceous
R Brown, M Summerfield, A Gleadow, K Gallagher, A Carter, R Beucher, M Wildman
Journal of African Earth Sciences | Published : 2014
Abstract
Intracontinental deformation accommodated along major lithospheric scale shear zone systems and within associated extensional basins has been well documented within West, Central and East Africa during the Late Cretaceous. The nature of this deformation has been established by studies of the tectonic architecture of sedimentary basins preserved in this part of Africa. In southern Africa, where the post break-up history has been dominated by major erosion, little evidence for post-break-up tectonics has been preserved in the onshore geology. Here we present the results of 38 new apatite fission track analyses from the Damara region of northern Namibia and integrate these new data with our pre..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The samples analyses during this study were collected during several field programs and the authors acknowledge the considerable logistic and financial support received from the Namibian Geological Survey and also from De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. Mike Deihl, John Ward, Mike de Wit and Simon Milner are all thanked for their generous and significant input, field expertise and assistance at various times. Insightful discussions with Matthias Raab, and his assistance with assembling the regional data set is also gratefully acknowledged. This work was supported by research Grant NE/H008276/1 from the Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom.