Westerhof A.B. Phil et al. Geology and Geodynamic Development of Uganda with Explanation of the 1:1 000 000 -Scale Geological Map

Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 55. Espoo, 2014. 387 p. ISBN: 978-952-217-295-2.The geology of Uganda spans more than three billion years. It comprises
Archaean lithospheric fragments, welded together, intersected or surrounded by Proterozoic fold belts. These fold belts can be related to the Eburnian (2.20–1.85 Ga), Grenvillean (1.10–0.95 Ga) and Pan-African (0.75–0.50 Ga) Orogenic Cycles. In places, molasse-type platform deposits, post-orogenic to each of the above cycles, have been preserved. These include post-Pan-African deposits in Karoo basins and the two branches of the Neogene East Africa Rift System.
Structurally, Uganda is part of the proto-Congo Craton, composed of several Archaean nuclei and Palaeoproterozoic mobile belts. Uganda constitutes the northeastern corner of this proto-Congo Craton with two major Archaean ‘building blocks’ – the Tanzania Craton and Bomu-Kibalian or NE Congo-Uganda Shield. The Tanzania Craton in southern-central Uganda has been divided into two smaller tectono-thermal terranes, called the Lake Victoria and West Tanzania Terranes, respectively.
The present volume is an explanation to the recently published new 1:1 million scale geological map of Uganda. Together these two form the first modern account of the bedrock geology of Uganda.
Figures - 329, tables – 29, appendices - 2.