Ongeluk Large Igneous Province

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This map shows the outlines of the southern African nations of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Kaapvaal's outline is superimposed on the countries.
Kaapvaal Craton.
Griqualand West (in the centre of the map) in South Africa, July 1885.

The Ongeluk Large Igneous Province (Ongeluk LIP) is an early

dyke swarm.[2]

Filamentous

fungi-like organisms.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Gumsley, A.P., Chamberlain, K.R., Bleeker, W., Söderlund, U., de Kock, M.O., Larsson, E.R., Bekker, A., 2017, "Timing and tempo of the Great Oxidation Event", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A., vol. 114, pp. 1811–1816.
  2. ^ Ashley Gumsley, March 2017 LIP of the Month. The Ongeluk LIP: a newly defined large igneous province on the critical Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic boundary on the Kaapvaal Craton, southern Africa, Large Igneous Provinces Commission of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
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  4. ^ Jerry Redfern, Earliest Fungus-Like Fossils Date Back 2.4 Billion Years, Live Science, April 24, 2017