The Join of the Coastal and Intracontinental Branches of the Damara Orogen, Namibia, South West Africa
1983 | book part. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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- Authors
- Porada, Hubertus ; Ahrendt, Hans ; Behr, Hans-Jürgen ; Weber, Klaus
- Abstract
- The Brandberg West area is characterised by N-S trending and west-facing open to isoclinal folds and by a low-grade to very low-grade regional metamorphism. The regional style of deformation indicates a high structural level and, possibly, the presence of a surface of detachment which separated a comparatively thin sedimentary cover (Khomas Subgroup) from underlying less deformable pre-Damara basement rocks. Both the westerly vergence of the main folding and the low-grade to very low-grade metamorphism of the sediments are in agreement with the assumption of a basement ridge (“Huab Ridge”) extending from the large Kamanjab Inlier towards the southwest. The Huab Ridge separated, during a major part of the Damaran depositional history, the intracratonic from the coastal branch of the orogen. It is thus a major structural feature of the Damara Orogen. Syn- to late-tectonic granitic intrusions led to extensive post-s1 contact metamorphism which was superimposed on the very low-grade regional metamorphism. K/Ar datings carried out on pelites and subgreywackes on the fraction 2 μm yielded ages of 490 ± 10, 418 ± 10, 422 ± 10, and 431 ± 10 Ma. The age of 490 ± 11 Ma may represent the peak of low-grade regional metamorphism, while the younger ages may correspond to a local rejuvenation caused by late- to post-tectonic granitic intrusions.
- Issue Date
- 1983
- Organization
- Institut und Museum für Geologie und Paläontologie
- ISBN
- 978-3-642-69126-3
978-3-642-69124-9 - Language
- English