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Monte Senga-Senga, a domal structure in Central Moçambique

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Eine kreisförmige Struktur wurde auf Luftbildern am Nordende des Gairezi-Barué Hochlandes in der Provinz Manica e Sofala entdeckt. Eine Kurzbegehung dieser Struktur, die als Mte. Senga-Senga bekannt ist, ergab einen nahezu kreisrunden Kern aus granitischem Gneis des Mozambique-Gebirgsgürtel-Typus, welcher von nach außen geneigten Quarziten und Peliten des oberpräkambrischen Umkondo-Systems überlagert wird.

Obwohl die Struktur dieses Gebildes problematisch ist, könnte es sich um einen verdeckten Gneisdom handeln. Es gibt andere Dome in der Region, jedoch ist Senga-Senga vollständig von Deckgebirge umgeben und kann ein hohes Strukturniveau repräsentieren. Weitergehende Studien wären sehr wertvoll.

Abstract

A circular structure, first recognized on aerial photographs, occurs at the northern end of the Gairezi-Barué highlands in the province of Manica e Sofala. This feature, known as Mte. Senga-Senga, was visited briefly and was found to consist of a nearly perfectly circular core of granitic gneiss of Mozambique Orogenic Belt type overlain by outward-dipping quartzites and pelites of the late-Precambrian Umkondo System. Although the structure of this feature is problematical, it might be a mantled gneiss dome. Other domes occur elsewhere in the area, but Senga-Senga which is completely encircled by the mantle rocks, and may represent a high structural level, is particularly worthy of a more detailed study.

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Une structure circulaire, d'abord reconnue sur photographies aériennes, existe dans la partie nord des Monts Gairezi-Barué dans la province de Manica et Sofala. Ce fait, connu sous le nom de Mte. Senga-Senga, a été visité brièvement et consiste en un noyau presque parfaitement circulaire de gneiss granitique appartenant à la zone orogénique du Mozambique; il est recouvert de quartzites et pélites inclinés vers l'extérieur et appartenant aux Systeme de Umkondo datées du Précambrien supérieur. Bien que cette structure soit problématique on peut penser à un dôme de gneis «coiffé». D'autres dômes se trouvent à d'autres endroits dans cette région, mais Senga-Senga qui est entièrement entouré par des roches de l'enveloppe et peut représenter un niveau structural élevé, mérite une étude plus détaillée.

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    Present address: Research Institute of African Geology, University of Leeds, England

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    Vail, J.R. Monte Senga-Senga, a domal structure in Central Moçambique. Geol Rundsch 53, 679–686 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02054558

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