ABSTRACT: The National Geology Plan of Angola (PLANAGEO) has been one of the most important Angolan infrastructure projects throughout the past twenty years. The objectives of PLANAGEO were: (a) to enhance Angola's geological and mineral resources knowledge; (b) to foster diversification of the national economy; and, (c) to attract foreign investment and promote the country development. The project integrated r...
ABSTRACT: The crustal evolution of the Angolan Shield (AS) remains poorly constrained. To address this, we analysed U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopes in detrital and igneous zircons to investigate the age and provenance of extensive sedimentary strata in southwestern Angola and use it as a proxy to gain insight into the Archean to Mesoproterozoic evolution of the region. Mesoproterozoic maximum depositional ages for the ...