- journal_title：South African Journal of Geology
- Contributor：R.B.M. Mapeo ; A. B. Kampunzu ; L.V. Ramokate ; F. Corfu ; R. M. Key
- Publisher：Geological Society of South Africa
- Date：2004-
- Format：text/html
- Language：en
- Identifier：10.2113/107.1-2.219
- journal_abbrev：South African Journal of Geology
- issn：1012-0750
- volume：107
- issue：1-2
- firstpage：219
- section：Articles
The Moshaneng Complex (southeastern Botswana) consists of a suite of coarse-to-medium-grained gabbros, medium-grained diorites, alkali feldspar-phyric syenites, fine-grained and porphyritic granites. Field studies indicate commingling and mixing of mafic and felsic magmas leading to the production of diorites. U-Pb isotopic analyses of single zircon and titanite grains from the Moshaneng Complex granites yield a crystallisation age of 2054 ± 2 Ma, indicating the Moshaneng Complex is coeval with the Bushveld Complex of South Africa. The Bushveld-age ultramafic, mafic and felsic igneous rocks of southern Africa define a ~2.06 to ~2.05 Ga large igneous province extending from South Africa into Botswana.