Geological region
An Archean craton of southern Africa, host to the Great Dyke, which was emplaced along the Archean–Proterozoic boundary. Adjacent to the Kaapvaal Craton across the Limpopo belt.
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The ~2.46 Ga Great Dyke was emplaced in the Zimbabwe craton along what the USGS chromite model calls the Archean–Proterozoic boundary — a margin rather than an interior, which is the setting the model identifies for a large part of this class of intrusion.
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Evidence: Schulte 2012 Primary authority
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