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Journal Article
Journal: PALAIOS
Published: 01 August 2016
PALAIOS (2016) 31 (8): 389–403.
...EMESE M. BORDY; WILLIAM D. KRUMMECK Abstract An Early Triassic continental ichnofossil assemblage dominated by ∼ 4 cm diameter burrow casts was discovered in the transitional zone of the Katberg and Burgersdorp formations in the SE main Karoo Basin (Eastern Cape, South Africa). Analyses...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 June 2020
South African Journal of Geology (2020) 123 (2): 217–238.
... (Stormberg Group) and corresponds to the entire Burgersdorp Formation. It is characterised by the presence throughout of the cynodont genus Cynognathus . The biozone reaches a maximum thickness of around 650 m in the southeast part of the basin and thins dramatically to the north, where it is only a maximum...
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Journal Article
Journal: PALAIOS
Published: 01 October 2005
PALAIOS (2005) 20 (5): 479–497.
... been taken in the investigation of pre-boundary, trans-boundary, and post-boundary plant-fossil assemblages in the Karoo Basin, South Africa. Fourteen stratigraphic sections were evaluated in the Balfour and Normandien formations (Lower Beaufort Group), Katberg Formation, and overlying Burgersdorp...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 December 2015
South African Journal of Geology (2015) 118 (4): 355–372.
... in the Balfour, Katberg and Burgersdorp formations respectively. This data shows that certain parts of the Beaufort Group stratigraphic succession that are present in the southern part of the Karoo Basin, are absent in the central Free State, indicating either a depositional hiatus or a period of erosion...
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FIGURE 2 —General stratigraphic succession showing details of the Beaufort ...
Published: 01 April 2001
FIGURE 2 —General stratigraphic succession showing details of the Beaufort Group. The lower portion of the Burgersdorp Formation is approximately equivalent to the Driekoppen Formation ( sensu Groenewald, 1984 , 1996 ). Data based on Visser (1991) , Johnson et al. (1997) , and SACS (1995)
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Generalized stratigraphic section showing the litho- and biostratigraphy in...
Published: 01 November 2000
Figure 2. Generalized stratigraphic section showing the litho- and biostratigraphy in the study area in the south of the Karoo Basin. The Katberg Formation is dominated by thick sandstone units, whereas mudstone is predominant in the overlying Burgersdorp Formation. The mandible indicates
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FIGURE 12 —Diagram showing stratigraphic order of localities used in this s...
Published: 01 October 2005
are characterized only by allochthonous plant accumulations, a depositional feature limited by prevailing hydrological conditions that continued into the Middle Triassic Burgersdorp Formation
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Location, stratigraphy, and sedimentology of the main study area.  A ) Sche...
Published: 01 August 2016
′16.98″S, 28°53′19.38″E). Inset shows the distribution of the Katberg and Burgersdorp formations in the Transkei, a geologically neglected region of the SE main Karoo Basin (after Kitching 1977 ). B ) The combined litho- and biostratigraphy chart of the Lower to Middle Triassic Tarkastad Subgroup
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FIGURE 9 —Measured Permian and Early to Middle Triassic stratigraphic secti...
Published: 01 October 2005
exposure of the Burgersdorp Formation at Boesmanshoek Pass exemplifies the relationship of plant-fossil assemblages within these fluvial systems
Journal Article
Published: 01 November 2000
Geological Magazine (2000) 137 (6): 659–665.
...Figure 2. Generalized stratigraphic section showing the litho- and biostratigraphy in the study area in the south of the Karoo Basin. The Katberg Formation is dominated by thick sandstone units, whereas mudstone is predominant in the overlying Burgersdorp Formation. The mandible indicates...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 June 2020
South African Journal of Geology (2020) 123 (2): 207–216.
... Smith pers. obs.). Above the Swartberg member the uppermost Katberg Formation fines upwards into the Burgersdorp Formation, which contains the overlying Cynognathus Assemblage Zone ( Neveling, 2004 ). Neveling ( 2004 ) followed du Toit’s (1917 , 1918 ) initial proposal and placed the uppermost...
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Sedimentological and ichnological features at the Engcobo study locality in...
Published: 01 August 2016
Fig. 2.— Sedimentological and ichnological features at the Engcobo study locality in the transitional zone of the Katberg and Burgersdorp Formations. A ) Two main burrow horizons (white bars) are in deep red, desiccated (dc) mudstones that are interbedded with laterally persistent, white
Journal Article
Published: 01 September 2005
South African Journal of Geology (2005) 108 (3): 454–461.
... ( Duncan et al. , 1997 ) by some sixty million years. The second reference quoted by Turner (1999 , Figure 14, p. 231) in support of laumontite in the Burgersdorp Formation (Beaufort Group) ( Fuller and Moir, 1967 ) at Sterkspruit, actually refers to authigenic analcite from the “Stormberg Red Beds...
Journal Article
Journal: PALAIOS
Published: 01 April 2001
PALAIOS (2001) 16 (2): 148–160.
...FIGURE 2 —General stratigraphic succession showing details of the Beaufort Group. The lower portion of the Burgersdorp Formation is approximately equivalent to the Driekoppen Formation ( sensu Groenewald, 1984 , 1996 ). Data based on Visser (1991) , Johnson et al. (1997) , and SACS (1995) ...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 July 2013
Journal of Sedimentary Research (2013) 83 (7): 531–540.
... unit should be correlated with the middle Katberg Formation because the lowermost and uppermost sections of the Katberg Formation are restricted to the proximal part of the basin. The predominantly argillaceous Burgersdorp Formation ( Johnson and Hiller 1990 ), which overlies the Katberg Formation...
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Journal Article
Published: 16 January 2007
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (2006) 43 (11): 1685–1693.
... and lower part of the Burgersdorp Formation, however, are so poorly fossiliferous that prospecting of intraformational conglomerates is an attractive alternative (J. Neveling, personal communication, 2005). Identifiable fragments of temnospondyls and cranial materials of both Procolophon and Lystrosaurus...
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Journal Article
Published: 18 July 2023
Journal of Sedimentary Research (2023)
... relatively arenaceous character when compared with 23 the adjacent Balfour and Burgersdorp formations (Groenewald 1996). Neveling (2004) 24 recognized an upward-thickening and -coarsening trend in the formation, culminating in stacked 25 cliff-forming sandstones in the middle to upper part. He proposed...
Journal Article
Published: 26 October 2020
Geological Magazine (2021) 158 (6): 1035–1058.
..., that is, similar in age to the Katberg or lower Burgersdorp formations (Early Triassic) of the MKB, as has been suggested for the Kingori Member (Manda Formation, Tanzania; Smith et al . 2018 ). We therefore tentatively consider the oldest potential age for Escarpment Grit sedimentation as Early–Middle Triassic...
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Journal Article
Journal: PALAIOS
Published: 01 February 2011
PALAIOS (2011) 26 (2): 99–105.
... Triassic Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa. Both burrow occurrences have been attributed to cynodont therapsids. Burrows described there are, however, smaller and more circular in cross section than the Holy Cross burrows. The basic question is what organism is responsible for digging the Holy...
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Journal Article
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 23 August 2023
GSA Bulletin (2023)
... Katberg and argillaceous Burgersdorp formations. The Katberg Formation is traditionally interpreted to represent fluvial systems deposited under more seasonally dry to semiarid conditions (e.g., Ward et al., 2000; Pace et al., 2009). It consists of a monotonous succession of fine- to very finegrained...