An Overview of the Soutpansberg Sedimentary and Volcanic Rocks
Volcanic and sedimentary rocks occupy a faulted graben within the previously uplifted and eroded high-grade gneiss terrain of the Limpopo Mobile Belt. The rocks comprise the Soutpansberg Group and represent an important sequence of Proterozoic rocks. Their general geology and volcanology is summaris...
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description | Volcanic and sedimentary rocks occupy a faulted graben within the previously uplifted and eroded high-grade gneiss terrain of the Limpopo Mobile Belt. The rocks comprise the Soutpansberg Group and represent an important sequence of Proterozoic rocks. Their general geology and volcanology is summarised in this paper. |
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spelling | doaj.art-a7259bf29fec4cc1a55d53d02234b01e2022-12-21T17:31:59ZengAOSISKoedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science0075-64582071-07711986-11-01291596710.4102/koedoe.v29i1.520470An Overview of the Soutpansberg Sedimentary and Volcanic RocksJ.W. Bristow0University of Cape TownVolcanic and sedimentary rocks occupy a faulted graben within the previously uplifted and eroded high-grade gneiss terrain of the Limpopo Mobile Belt. The rocks comprise the Soutpansberg Group and represent an important sequence of Proterozoic rocks. Their general geology and volcanology is summarised in this paper.https://koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/520Proterozoic, igneous, metamorphic, basalt, sedimentary, pyroclastic, ash-flow, rift. |
spellingShingle | J.W. Bristow An Overview of the Soutpansberg Sedimentary and Volcanic Rocks Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science Proterozoic, igneous, metamorphic, basalt, sedimentary, pyroclastic, ash-flow, rift. |
title | An Overview of the Soutpansberg Sedimentary and Volcanic Rocks |
title_full | An Overview of the Soutpansberg Sedimentary and Volcanic Rocks |
title_fullStr | An Overview of the Soutpansberg Sedimentary and Volcanic Rocks |
title_full_unstemmed | An Overview of the Soutpansberg Sedimentary and Volcanic Rocks |
title_short | An Overview of the Soutpansberg Sedimentary and Volcanic Rocks |
title_sort | overview of the soutpansberg sedimentary and volcanic rocks |
topic | Proterozoic, igneous, metamorphic, basalt, sedimentary, pyroclastic, ash-flow, rift. |
url | https://koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/520 |
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