Zambezi belt

Zambezi belt Makuti Group Biotite gneiss Ziin 21 35... 

Zambezi belt Mudzi Suite Gneiss Zini-43 36... 

Zambezi belt Chilimanzi Suite Porphyritic granite 2im-l9 36... 

This stacking was diachronous across the era-ton. Deformation was oldest in the western part of the craton (Midlands belt c. 2675 Ma, Horst-wood 1998) intermediate in the north-central part (Harare belt c. 2645 Ma, Wilson et al. 1995 Jelsma et al. 1996 Nesbitt et al. 2000) and youngest in the northeastern part (Dindi-Makaha belts c. 2605Ma, Vinyu et al. 2001 Hofmann et al. 2002). This deformation appears to have culmi nated in an oblique, east-west-directed orogenic event (Fig. 5 Zambezi belt Vinyu et al. 2001). This could be interpreted as the progressive lateral accretion of tectonic domains between 2.68 and 2.60 Ga (Fig. 7). 

Dirks, P. H. G. M., Kroner, A., Jelsma, H. A., SiTHOLE, T. A. ViNYU, M. L. 1999. Pb-Pb zircon dates from the Makuti gneisses evidence for a crustal-scale Pan-African shear zone in the Zambezi belt, NW Zimbabwe. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 28, 427-442. 

The margin of an Archean craton structural relationships between the Zimbabwe craton and the Zambezi orogenic belt. Precambrian Research, in press. 

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