Talk:Geology of South Africa
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Sorting the sequence of the stratigraphy
editI'm attempting to sort out the overall stratigraphic sequence from a variety of sources. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:34, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
The hierarchy is: Supergroup > Group > Formation
List them in age order > oldest to youngest
- Cape Supergroup
- Table Mountain Group
- Bokkeveld Group
- Witteberg Group
- Klipheuwel Group
- Natal Group
- Karoo Supergroup
- Dwyka Group
- Ecca group
- Laingsburg Formation
- Pietermaritzburg Formation
- Whitehill Formation
- Waterford Formation
- Vryheid Formation
- Volksrust Formation
- Waterford Formation
- Beaufort Group
- Stormberg group
- Drakensberg group
- Lebombo group
- Transvaal Supergroup
- Black Reef Formation
- Chuniespoort Group
- Pretoria Group
Transvaal Basin (Group, Formation or something else?)
Bushveld Igneous Complex (Group, Formation or something else?)
Griqualand West Basin (Group, Formation or something else?)
These need to be sorted and inserted in the correct order into the above list
- Adelaide Group/Balfour Formation Permian
- Alphard Formation Cretaceous
- Beaufort Group/Abrahamskraal formation Permian
- Beaufort Group/Balfour Formation Triassic, Permian
- Beaufort Group/Burgersdorp Formation Triassic
- Beaufort Group/Estcourt Formation Permian
- Beaufort Group/Katberg Formation Triassic
- Beaufort Group/Koonap Formation Permian
- Beaufort Group/Middleton Formation Permian
- Beaufort Group/Normandien Formation Triassic
- Beaufort Group/Teekloof Formation Permian
- Bokkeveld Beds/Boplaas Formation Devonian
- Bokkeveld Beds/Gamka Formation Devonian
- Bokkeveld Beds/Gydo Formation Devonian
- Bokkeveld Beds/Hexriver Formation Devonian
- Bokkeveld Beds/Tra-Tra Formation Devonian
- Bokkeveld Beds/Voorstehoek Formation Devonian
- Bokkeveld Beds/Waboomberg Formation Devonian
- Bosbokpoort Formation Triassic
- Bredasdorp Formation Neogene
- Brenton Formation Cretaceous
- Burgersdorp Formation Triassic
- Drakensberg Formation Jurassic
- Dwyka Shale/Ganigobis Formation Permian
- Ecca Group/Laingsburg Formation Permian
- Ecca Group/Pietermaritzburg Formation Permian
- Ecca Group/Whitehill Formation Permian
- Ecca Group/Waterford Formation Permian
- Ecca Group/Vryheid Formation Permian
- Ecca Group/Volksrust Formation Permian
- Ecca Group/Waterford Formation Permian
- Elandsfontyn Formation Neogene
- Emakwezini Formation Permian
- Karoo Supergroup/Stormberg Group/Molteno Formation Permian
- Kromdraai Formation Neogene
- Lisbon Formation Jurassic
- Makapansgat Formation Neogene
- Makatini Formation Cretaceous
- Mngazana Formation Cretaceous
- Mzamba Formation Cretaceous
- Mzinene Formation Cretaceous
- Natal Formation Devonian
- Rietputs Formation
- St Lucia Formation Cretaceous
- Stormberg Group/Bushveld Sandstone Formation Jurassic
- Stormberg Group/Clarens Formation Jurassic
- Stormberg Group/Elliot Formation Triassic
- Stormberg Group/Molteno Formation Triassic
- Sundays River Formation Cretaceous
- Table Mountain Group/Cedarberg Formation Ordovician
- Teekloof Formation Permian
- Third White Ash Formation
- Transvaal Group/Sterkfontein Formation Neogene
- Transvaal Group/Swartkrans Formation Neogene
- Uitenhage Group/Kirkwood Formation Cretaceous
- Uitenhage Group/Enon Formation Jurassic
- Uitenhage Group/Sundays River Formation Cretaceous, Jurassic
- Umgazana Formation Cretaceous
- Umzamba Formation Cretaceous
- Varswater Formation Neogene
- Voorstehoek Formation Devonian
- Waboomberg Formation Devonian
- Witteberg Group/Waaipoort Shale Devonian
- Witteberg Group/Wagen Drift Formation Devonian
- Witteberg Group/Weltevrede Formation Devonian
- Witteburg Group/Kweekvlei Shale Formation Devonian
- Witteberg Group/Blinkberg Sandstone Devonian
- Witteberg Group/Driekuilen Sandstone Devonian
Sources
editI did some searching for any free sources that could accompany the article. I started proofreading s:en:Index:South African Geology - Schwarz - 1912.djvu and can hopefully upload Hatch (1909 2nd edition) to Wikisource this week. The books are a little older and therefore contain some outdated views on processes, but the descriptive parts should be a valuable source for the article. --Tobias1984 (talk) 12:03, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
Order by age
editProbably best to order this by age, starting with the Archaean (Kaapvaal Craton) and moving on, adding the stratigraphy for each time period, while covering the tectonics. As to main sources for the article, for the Transvaal, you should have access to Moore et al. 2001, for the Karoo, there's Catuneanu et al 2005, for the Cape Supergroup, Shone and Booth 2005 - I can send you a pdf of the full paper if you're interested. I'll provide some more input to the draft, assuming that I get a bit more time over the next few weeks. You have a gap covering almost the entire Proterozoic through to the Ordovician (the start of the Cape Supergroup) - this paper by Hanson (2003) looks like a good start (again I can send you a pdf if you want). Mikenorton (talk) 15:35, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
For the youngest sequences from the Mesozoic there's this paper on one of the Mesozoic rift basins - that's the Uitenhage Group. Mikenorton (talk) 16:07, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
The land
editThey took it 41.198.132.106 (talk) 12:02, 22 November 2021 (UTC)