Open AccessAn Overview of the Soutpansberg Sedimentary and Volcanic Rocks
Author(s) -
J. W. Bristow
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
koedoe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2071-0771
pISSN - 0075-6458
DOI - 10.4102/koedoe.v29i1.520
Subject(s) - geology , sedimentary rock , proterozoic , graben , volcano , volcanic rock , volcanology , geochemistry , terrain , sequence (biology) , earth science , paleontology , geomorphology , tectonics , geography , cartography , genetics , biology
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