Stratigraphy of the Karoo Supergroup in southern Africa: an overview

MR Johnson, CJ Van Vuuren, WF Hegenberger… - Journal of African Earth …, 1996‏ - Elsevier
The Karoo Supergroup in southern Africa occurs in the areally extensive Main Karoo and
Kalahari basins as well as in a number of subsidiary basins in South Africa, Namibia …

South Africa's coalfields—A 2014 perspective

PJ Hancox, AE Götz - International Journal of Coal Geology, 2014‏ - Elsevier
For well over a century and a half coal has played a vital role in South Africa's economy and
currently bituminous coal is the primary energy source for domestic electricity generation, as …

The Karoo basins of south-central Africa

O Catuneanu, H Wopfner, PG Eriksson… - Journal of African Earth …, 2005‏ - Elsevier
The Karoo basins of south-central Africa evolved during the first-order cycle of
supercontinent assembly and breakup of Pangea, under the influence of two distinct tectonic …

Pangean (late Carboniferous–Middle Jurassic) paleoenvironment and lithofacies

J Golonka, D Ford - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2000‏ - Elsevier
Six time interval maps were constructed that depict the plate tectonic configuration,
paleogeography and lithofacies for Pangea from the Late Carboniferous through the Middle …

27th Du Toit Memorial LectureRe-uniting lost continents–Fossil reptiles from the ancient Karoo and their wanderlust

BS Rubidge - South African Journal of Geology, 2005‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Fossil discoveries from South Africa have greatly expanded knowledge of the
development of life on Earth. In particular, the enormous palaeontological wealth of the …

How far can we trust provenance and crustal evolution information from detrital zircons? A South African case study

T Andersen, M Kristoffersen, MA Elburg - Gondwana Research, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Abstract U–Pb and Lu-Hf data are routinely used to trace detrital zircon in clastic sediments
to their original source in crystalline bedrock (the protosource), to map out paths of sediment …

Mesozoic rifting evolution of SW Gondwana: a poly-phased, subduction-related, extensional history responsible for basin formation along the Argentinean Atlantic …

JP Lovecchio, S Rohais, P Joseph, ND Bolatti… - Earth-Science …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The opening of the South Atlantic in the Early Cretaceous was the final stage of the complex
rifting history of SW Gondwana. In this contribution we reassess the chronology of Mesozoic …

Petrology of the Namib Sand Sea: Long-distance transport and compositional variability in the wind-displaced Orange Delta

E Garzanti, S Andò, G Vezzoli, M Lustrino, M Boni… - Earth-Science …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Sourced as the Nile in distant basaltic rift highlands, the Orange River is the predominant
ultimate source of sand for the Namib Desert dunes, as proved independently by bulk …

A chronostratigraphic framework for the upper Stormberg Group: implications for the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in southern Africa

EM Bordy, M Abrahams, GR Sharman, PA Viglietti… - Earth-Science …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The upper Stormberg Group (Elliot and Clarens formations) of the main Karoo
Basin is well-known for its fossil vertebrate fauna, comprising early branching members of …

Evolutionary patterns among Permo-Triassic therapsids

BS Rubidge, CA Sidor - Annual Review of Ecology and …, 2001‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract A rich fossil record documents nonmammalian evolution. In recent years, the
application of cladistic methodology has shed valuable light on the relationships within the …