Sulfide inclusions in diamonds from the 90-Ma Jagersfontein kimberlite, intruded into the southern margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, were analyzed for their Re-Os isotope systematics to constrain the ...

Therefore, it is wholly conceivable that the diamondites are evidence of a distinct and temporally unconstrained tectono-thermal diamond-forming event beneath the Kaapvaal craton.

In the Kaapvaal Craton, majorite inclusions follow different trends. Here, compositions indicate strong interaction between oxidized melts and the mantle, consistent with the presence of mantle plumes ...

This gives very different mean Re/Os model ages for “on-craton” (2.5 billion years) and “off-craton” (2.0 billion) mantle xenoliths (potential diamond host rocks) for the Kaapvaal craton, which ...

Western Australia’s Pilbara region is known to host orogenic gold deposits, and the area became a growing hotspot for high-grade conglomerate gold exploration, with some geologists comparing the ...

But something about the cratons had long puzzled geologists. Some, such as the Kaapvaal craton in southern Africa, are topped by vast plateaus that are rimmed by dramatic escarpments.

My PhD project focuses mainly on quantifying the thickness of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Kaapvaal craton, and this involves the collection and evaluation of samples of various ages from ...

The theory goes that the more than 2.5 billion-year-old Kaapvaal Craton and shifting continental plates transported diamond-bearing detritus down South Africa's Orange River to the south-western coast ...

Until now, the oldest evidence of meteoroid impacts were 3.47 billion-year-old spherules, also from Pilbara Craton, and 3.45 billion-year-old fragments found in Kaapvaal Craton, in South Africa.

Kaapvaal Craton-Limpopo Belt of African Shield, Pilbara Craton-Capricorn Belt of Australian Shield and Superior Craton-Kapuskasing Belt of Canadian Shield are the global examples. Dharwar ...

At Moab Khotsong, a gold and uranium mine located in the Witwatersrand Basin, within the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa, University of Toronto researcher Oliver Warr and colleagues found large amounts ...