Age and significance of early Archaean high-grade metamorphism in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa, and its tectonic interpretation.

• Applicant: Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte, Ph.D., since 7/2019
• Subject Area: Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry
• Term: from 2018 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 407402474

Field investigations of an Archaean granulite-facies supracrustal assemblage on the farm Klein Bolayi and environs, Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa, followed by zircon dating, petrological characterization as well as Hf-in-zircon isotopic characteristics with the aim to establish the age, petrogenesis, protolith identification and metamorphic evolution of these rocks The overall purpose is to elucidate the previously ill-defined ca. 3.2 Ga early Archaean metamorphic history of the Central Zone and its tectonic significance.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• Ehemaliger Antragsteller: Professor Dr. Alfred Kröner, until 7/2019 (†)