Okavango Dyke Swarm
id:
okavango-dyke-swarm-248-11266341
title:
Okavango Dyke Swarm
text:
The Okavango Dyke Swarm is a giant dyke swarm of the Karoo Large Igneous Province in northeast Botswana, southern Africa. It consists of a group of Proterozoic and Jurassic dykes, trending east-southeast across Botswana, spanning a region nearly 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) long and 110 kilometres (68 mi) wide. The Jurassic dykes were formed approximately 179 million years ago, composed of mainly tholeiitic mafic rocks. The formation is related to the magmatism at the Karoo triple junction, induc
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Giant dyke swarm in northeast Botswana
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okavango_Dyke_Swarm
date created:
date modified:
2022-06-02T09:28:24Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q28455938","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28455938"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Southern_Gondwana.png","width":3997,"height":3017}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15