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dc.contributor.advisorHanson, Richard E.
dc.contributor.authorBartholomew, Leigh Tayloren_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-22T18:47:17Z
dc.date.available2014-07-22T18:47:17Z
dc.date.created2008en_US
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.identifierUMI thesisen_US
dc.identifieretd-12182008-145847en_US
dc.identifiercat-001414068en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/4042
dc.description.abstractCurrently no reliable paleomagnetic pole for the Kalahari craton exists for the time period ~900-750 Ma, and it is the purpose of this thesis to acquire the first such pole. Here I report the results of paleomagnetic analyses from 47 sites from Neoproterozoic rocks within the Richtersveld Igneous Complex (~890 Ma), the older Bremen Complex (~890 Ma), and the Gannakouriep dike swarm (~795-790 Ma) within southern Namibia and adjacent parts of South Africa. The resulting grand mean pole obtained for the Kalahari craton lies at 73.9?N, 233.9?E (A95 = 4.5?). Comparison with published paleomagnetic poles from rock units of similar age from the Congo craton to the north supports a model in which the two cratons were originally separated by a wide ocean basin prior to the formation of the Gondwana supercontinent. However, additional work from the Congo craton is needed to test this hypothesis.en_US
dc.format.mediumFormat: Onlineen_US
dc.publisher[Fort Worth, Tex.] : Texas Christian University,en_US
dc.relation.ispartofTCU Master Thesisen_US
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dc.titlePaleomagnetism of neoproterozoic intraplate igneous rocks in the southwest Kalahari craton, Namibia and South Africaen_US
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etd.degree.departmentDepartment of Geology
etd.degree.levelMaster
local.collegeCollege of Science and Engineering
local.departmentGeological Sciences
local.academicunitSchool of Geology, Energy and the Environment
dc.type.genreThesis
local.subjectareaGeological Sciences
etd.degree.nameMaster of Science


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