The Mesoproterozoic Nampula Subdomain in southern Malawi: Completing the story from Mozambique

• Published in: Journal of African Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Thomas, Robert, Fullgraf, Thomas, Macey, Paul, Boger, Steven, Hölttä, Pentti, Lach, Philippe, Le Roux, Petrus, Dombola, Kondwani, Zammit, Carol
• Other Authors: Council for Geosciences (CGS), Service Geologique d'Afrique du Sud, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) (BRGM), University of Cape Town, Geological Survey of Finland = Geologian tutkimuskeskus tuottaa (GKT), Geological survey Department, Malawi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; East Antarctica; Mamala; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://brgm.hal.science/hal-03844437; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2022.104667

International audience New field mapping, lithostratigraphic, whole-rock geochemical, U–Pb zircon and radiogenic isotope data on the Nampula Subdomain of southernmost Malawi show good correlation with those published from adjacent NE and NW Mozambique. The oldest rocks, dated between ∼1180 and 1070...