A grounding zone wedge origin for the Palaeoproterozoic Makganyene Formation of South Africa

The Makganyene Formation is a Siderian (2.45–2.22 Ga) diamictite-dominated succession, with both outcrop and subcrop in the Griqualand West Basin of the Transvaal Group of South Africa. We provide new outcrop and core descriptions from this succession, supplemented by microscopic analyses, to presen...

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Main Authors: D. P. Le Heron, M. E. Busfield, A. J. B. Smith, S. Wimmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.905602/full