Template:Did you know nominations/Okavango Dyke Swarm


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:16, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Okavango Dyke Swarm

 * ... that 180 million year old dykes in the Okavango Dyke Swarm formed during the opening of the Indian Ocean? Source: hopefully in Hastie, Warwick W., Michael K. Watkeys, and Charles Aubourg. "Magma flow in dyke swarms of the Karoo LIP: Implications for the mantle plume hypothesis."  Source: from the section: Geologic background of Karoo Triple junction
 * Reviewed: Beethovenfest
 * Comment: From HKU educational assignment

Moved to mainspace by Christyyc (talk). Nominated by Graeme Bartlett (talk) at 11:28, 22 November 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg The article is presently ineligible because some non-lead paragraphs do not have inline citations, per D2 of the DYK Supplementary guidelines. The paragraphs needing citations are ¶3 in the Tectonic setting section and ¶2 in the Significance section. North America1000 16:44, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg more reference points added. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:06, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The hook fact has an inline citation to a reliable source. The article is neutral and I am unable to check for policy issues because of lack of access to the sources. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:09, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, but am confused about the connection between the hook fact and the statement in the article. The article states: In Karoo Triple junction, rocks are dated to the 180 Ma Karoo magmatic event, which occurred due to the breakup of Gondwana and the opening of Indian Ocean. Doesn't this mean that the rocks formed from the opening of the Indian Ocean, not that dykes formed? Yoninah (talk) 21:21, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The rocks are part of the dykes. When the dyke formed, it means that a crack opened, magma filled it in, and it hardened into rock. Should the hook be reworded? Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:39, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg If anything, I would add something to the article. The article is very technical as it is, though, so maybe the hook is OK for the average reader. Could other reviewers weigh in? Yoninah (talk) 12:49, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Replacing my tick. The relevant sentence in the article seems to be "rocks are dated to the 180 Ma Karoo magmatic event, which occurred due to the breakup of Gondwana and the opening of Indian Ocean", which is cited. It is difficult reviewing such technical articles without specialised knowledge, but someone needs to do it if the nomination is ever to proceed. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:20, 3 January 2017 (UTC)