Publication Date:
2021-05-19
Description:
The rifting and break-up of the Gondwana continent dominate the sedimentary and structural evolution of the southern Kenyan coast. Jurassic rifting transformed an intracratonic Permo-Triassic basin filled with continental clastics into a marginal marine basin located at the trailing edge of the African plate. An alkaline intrusive complex is related to structures which suggest that a failed rift arm of a triple junction formed in association with the opening of the Indian Ocean. The mineral deposits, characteristic of the metallogenetic environment commonly associated with rifting, and include apart from insignificant sedimentary mineral occurences a major Nb-rare earth deposit associated with a carbonatite complex as well as several minor vein-type Pb-Zn-Ba mineralizations.
Description:
Published
Keywords:
Mineral deposits
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Mineral resources
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Geology
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Sedimentology
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
Journal Contribution
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Not Known
Format:
pp.151-167
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