Geological region
Also known as Kaapvaal craton
An Archean craton of southern Africa, described by the USGS stratiform chromite model as stable and as the host of the Bushveld Complex. It is the setting of the largest layered intrusion on Earth, which holds most of the world’s chromium.
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The USGS stratiform chromite model describes the Kaapvaal craton as stable, and places the ~2.05 Ga Bushveld Complex within it, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Most large layered mafic-ultramafic intrusions, the model states, formed in stable mid-continent anorogenic provinces or near their margins.
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Evidence: Schulte 2012 Primary authority
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