Kibaran orogeny

geology

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Proterozoic Eon

  • Africa
    In Africa: The Precambrian

    …deformation and metamorphism during the Kibaran event. That important thermotectonic episode gave rise to the Kibaran-Burundian fold belt in east-central Africa, the Ruwenzori belt in Uganda, and the Namaqua-Natal belt in South Africa and Namibia.

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