Neoproterozoic eclogites in the Paleoproterozoic Ubendian Belt of Tanzania: Evidence for a Pan-African suture between the Bangweulu Block and the Tanzania Craton

Geochronological, petrographic and geochemical data from eclogites of the Ufipa Terrane in the Ubendian Belt demonstrate that a Pan-African suture zone dated at 593±20, 548±39 and 524±12 Ma (zircon U–Pb SHRIMP) separates the Tanzania Craton from the Bangweulu Block along the Ubendian Belt. These new and surprising data indicate that during the amalgamation of the Gondwana Supercontinent there was a collision between the Archean Cratons of...