Eburnean orogeny

The Eburnean orogeny, or Eburnean cycle was a series of tectonic, metamorphic and plutonic events in what is now West Africa during the Paleoproterozoic era between about 2200–2000 million years ago. During this period the Birimian domain in West Africa was established and structured.^[1]

Eburnian faults are found in the Eglab shield to the north of the West African craton and in the Man Shield to the south of the craton.^[2] There is evidence of three major Eburnean magmatic events in the Eglab shield. Between 2210 and 2180 Ma a metamorphosed batholith was formed in the Lower Reguibat Complex (LRC). Around 2090 Ma a syntectonic trondhjemitic pluton intruded into the Archaean relects of the Chegga series. Around 2070 Ma an asthenospheric upwelling released a large volume of post-orogenic magmas.^[3] Eburnian trends within the Eglab shield were repeatedly reactivated from the Neoproterozoic to the Mesozoic.^[4]

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Egal, Emmanuel (2002). "Late Eburnean granitization and tectonics along the western and northwestern margin of the Archean Kenema–Man domain (Guinea, West African Craton)" (PDF). Precambrian Research 117: 57–84. doi:10.1016/s0301-9268(02)00060-8. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
Ennih, Nasser; Liégeois, Jean-Paul (2008). The Boundaries of the West African Craton. Geological Society. ISBN 186239251X.

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

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