Damara Orogeny

The Damara Orogeny created the Naukluft Mountains between 550 Ma and 495 Ma.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The Damara Orogeny occurred late in the creation of Gondwana, at the intersection of the Congo and the Kalahari cratons.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

1 2 http://gondwanaresearch.com/gray.pdf
1 2 JUNG, S. & MEZGER, K. 2003. U-Pb garnet chronometry in high-grade rocks; case studies from garnet ages and the role of high U-Th inclusions. Contributions to Mineralogy Petrology 146, 382-396.
1 2 JUNG, S, HOERNES, S. & MEZGER, K. 2000. Geochronology and petrogenesis of Pan-African syn-tectonic S-type and post-tectonic A-type granite (Namibia) – products of melting of crustal sources, fractional crystallization and wall rock entrainment. Lithos 50, 259-287.
1 2 KUKLA, C. 1993. Strontium isotope heterogeneities in amphibolite facies, banded metasediments— a case study from the Late Proterozoic Kuiseb Formation of the southern Damara Orogen, Central Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia Memoir 15, 139pp.
1 2 KUKLA, C., KRAMM, U., KUKLA, P.A., OKRUSCH, M. 1991. U-Pb monazite data relating to metamorphism and granite intrusion in the northwestern Khomas Trough, Damara Orogen, Central Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 7, 49-54.

Major African geological formations

Plates	African Plate Somali Plate Madagascar Plate Seychelles Plate

Cratons and shields	Arabian-Nubian Shield Congo Craton Kaapvaal Craton Kalahari Craton Saharan Metacraton Tanzania Craton Tuareg Shield West African Craton Zimbabwe Craton

Shear zones	Aswa Dislocation Broodkop Shear Zone Central African Shear Zone Chuan Shear Zones Foumban Shear Zone Mwembeshi Shear Zone Todi Shear Zone Western Meseta Shear Zone

Orogens	Alpide Orogen Cape Fold Belt Damara Orogen East African Orogen Eburnean Orogen Gondwanide Orogen Kuunga Orogen Mauritanide Belt Pan-African orogens Terra Australis Orogen

Rifts	Afar Triangle Anza trough Bahr el Arab rift Benue Trough Blue Nile rift East African Rift Gulf of Suez Rift Lamu Embayment Melut Basin Muglad Basin Red Sea Rift Sangha Aulacogen Atbara rift White Nile rift

Sedimentary basins	Angola Basin Aoukar Blue Nile Basin Chad Basin Congo Basin Douala Basin El Djouf Foreland Karoo Basin Gabon Basin Iullemmeden Basin Kufra Basin Murzuq Basin Niger Delta Basin Ogaden Basin Orange River basin Ouled Abdoun Basin Owambo Basin Reggane Basin Rio del Rey Basin Sirte Basin Somali Coastal Basin Taoudeni basin Tanzania Coastal Basin Tindouf Basin Turkana Basin

Mountain ranges	Aïr Mountains Atlas Mountains Aurès Mountains Bambouk Mountains Blue Mountains Cameroon line Central Pangean Mountains Chaillu Mountains Drakensberg Ethiopian Highlands East African mountains Great Escarpment Great Karas Mountains Guinée forestière Imatong Mountains Jebel Uweinat Loma Mountains Mandara Mountains Marrah Mountains Mitumba Mountains Nuba Mountains Rif Mountains Rwenzori Mountains Sankwala Mountains Serra da Leba Serra da Chela Teffedest Mountains Tibesti Mountains

Continents of the world

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Pangaea Ultima
Amasia
Novopangaea

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