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Late Permian tectonics and associated fluid influx during the Cape Orogeny: evidence from fault-bound quartz veins in the Witteberg Group (Cape Supergroup, South Africa) Available to Purchase

S.H. Büttner, W.K. Reid, R. Erasmus
Published: 01 June 2016
South African Journal of Geology (2016) 119 (2): 379–398.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.119.2.379
...S.H. Büttner; W.K. Reid; R. Erasmus Abstract Quartzitic sandstones and shales of the upper Witteberg Group (Cape Supergroup) near Grahamstown show hydraulic fracturing manifested in syntectonic quartz veins associated with tension gashes, reverse and strike-slip faults, and layer-parallel thrusts...
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View PDF for article title, Late Permian tectonics and associated fluid influx during the <span class="search-highlight">Cape</span> Orogeny: evidence from fault-bound quartz veins in the Witteberg Group (<span class="search-highlight">Cape</span> <span class="search-highlight">Supergroup</span>, South Africa)
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Palaeoenvironment and provenance in the early Cape Basin of southwest Gondwana: sedimentology of the Lower Ordovician Piekenierskloof Formation, Cape Supergroup, South Africa Available to Purchase

E.M. Bordy, H. Head, M.J. Runds
Published: 01 June 2016
South African Journal of Geology (2016) 119 (2): 399–414.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.119.2.399
...E.M. Bordy; H. Head; M.J. Runds Abstract The lowermost unit of the Table Mountain Group (Cape Supergroup), the Ordovician Piekenierskloof Formation is a siliciclastic succession that formed during the initial stages of the Cape Basin development in southwest Gondwana. This contemporary...
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View PDF for article title, Palaeoenvironment and provenance in the early <span class="search-highlight">Cape</span> Basin of southwest Gondwana: sedimentology of the Lower Ordovician Piekenierskloof Formation, <span class="search-highlight">Cape</span> <span class="search-highlight">Supergroup</span>, South Africa
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MINERALOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF QUARTZ-ARENITES OF THE WITPOORT FORMATION (CAPE SUPERGROUP) NEAR KIRKWOOD, EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA Available to Purchase

W.C. OLIVIER, P.W.K. BOOTH, C.R. ANDERSON
Published: 01 December 2011
South African Journal of Geology (2011) 114 (3-4): 249–264.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.114.3-4.249
...W.C. OLIVIER; P.W.K. BOOTH; C.R. ANDERSON Abstract A study of Late Palaeozoic Witteberg Group rocks (Cape Supergroup) near Kirkwood, Eastern Cape was carried out to determine the viability of extracting silica for solar cell production. Mineralogical, geochemical and structural analyses of selected...
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View PDF for article title, MINERALOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF QUARTZ-ARENITES OF THE WITPOORT FORMATION (<span class="search-highlight">CAPE</span> <span class="search-highlight">SUPERGROUP</span>) NEAR KIRKWOOD, EASTERN <span class="search-highlight">CAPE</span>, SOUTH AFRICA
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Thrust faults and fold vergence in the Palaeozoic middle and upper Witteberg Group, Cape Supergroup (Cape Fold Belt), Steytlerville: an interpretation of their relationship Available to Purchase

P.W.K. Booth
Published: 01 March 2002
South African Journal of Geology (2002) 105 (1): 25–38.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/1050025
... structural complexities that make it difficult to define the lithostratigraphy. Fold structures in rocks of the Cape Supergroup (Table Mountain, Bokkeveld and Witteberg Groups) are known to verge predominantly towards the north ( Hälbich, 1977 ; Coetzee, 1979 ; Hälbich and Swart, 1983 ). This study...
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View PDF for article title, Thrust faults and fold vergence in the Palaeozoic middle and upper Witteberg Group, <span class="search-highlight">Cape</span> <span class="search-highlight">Supergroup</span> (<span class="search-highlight">Cape</span> Fold Belt), Steytlerville: an interpretation of their relationship
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Depositional setting and cyclic development of the lower part of the Witteberg Group (Mid- to Upper Devonian), Cape Supergroup, Western Cape, South Africa Available to Purchase

E. Cotter
Published: 01 March 2000
South African Journal of Geology (2000) 103 (1): 1–14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/103.1.1
... Belt (Figure 1 ) exposes a 6- to 10-km-thick sedimentary succession known as the Cape Supergroup ( Tankard et al., 1982 ; Broquet, 1992 ; Theron, 1993 ). This great wedge of siliciclastic detritus accumulated from Ordovician through Early Carboniferous time on a passive continental margin of what...
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View PDF for article title, Depositional setting and cyclic development of the lower part of the Witteberg Group (Mid- to Upper Devonian), <span class="search-highlight">Cape</span> <span class="search-highlight">Supergroup</span>, Western <span class="search-highlight">Cape</span>, South Africa
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Lithological and structural characteristics of Cape Supergroup rocks at Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa Free

P. W. K. Booth, A. J. Munro, R. W. Shone
Published: 01 December 1999
South African Journal of Geology (1999) 102 (4): 391–404.
...P. W. K. Booth; A. J. Munro; R. W. Shone Abstract In this study of Cape Supergroup rocks at Port Alfred, the strata are classified as Witteberg Group rather than the Bokkeveld Group because their lithological characteristics and position in the stratigraphic sequence are similar to Witteberg Group...
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The effect of thrusting on fold style and orientation, Weltevrede Formation (Cape Supergroup), Steytlerville, Eastern Cape Free

P. W. K. Booth
Published: 01 March 1998
South African Journal of Geology (1998) 101 (1): 27–37.
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Lithostratigraphy and sedimentology of the Middle Devonian Tra-Tra Formation, including the Grootrivier Member (Bokkeveld Group, Cape Supergroup), South Africa Available to Purchase

C.R. Penn-Clarke, J.N. Theron
Published: 01 September 2020
South African Journal of Geology (2020) 123 (3): 381–398.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.123.0026
...C.R. Penn-Clarke; J.N. Theron Abstract The Tra-Tra Formation is a predominantly argillaceous, shallow marine to paralic sedimentary succession of Eifelian (Middle Devonian) age within the Bokkeveld Group (Cape Supergroup) that crops out extensively within the Cape Fold Belt of South Africa...
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View PDF for article title, Lithostratigraphy and sedimentology of the Middle Devonian Tra-Tra Formation, including the Grootrivier Member (Bokkeveld Group, <span class="search-highlight">Cape</span> <span class="search-highlight">Supergroup</span>), South Africa
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Lithostratigraphy of the Kweekvlei Formation (Witteberg Group), Cape Supergroup Available to Purchase

C. Browning, M. Reid
Published: 01 September 2017
South African Journal of Geology (2017) 120 (3): 421–432.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25131/gssajg.120.3.421
...C. Browning; M. Reid Abstract The Lower Carboniferous, probably Tournaisian, Kweekvlei Formation is part of the Witteberg Group (Cape Supergroup) of South Africa. Together with the overlying Floriskraal Formation, it forms an upward-coarsening succession within the Lake Mentz Subgroup. Sedimentary...
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View PDF for article title, Lithostratigraphy of the Kweekvlei Formation (Witteberg Group), <span class="search-highlight">Cape</span> <span class="search-highlight">Supergroup</span>
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Palaeoenvironmental significance of clast shape in the Nardouw Formation, Cape Supergroup; discussion and reply Free

J. S. V. Reddering, W. K. Illenberger, A. G. Thamm
Published: 01 December 1988
South African Journal of Geology (1988) 91 (4): 554–556.
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Palaeoenvironmental significance of clast shape in the Nardouw Formation, Cape Supergroup Free

A. G. Thamm
Published: 01 March 1987
South African Journal of Geology (1987) 90 (1): 94–97.
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The Cape Supergroup in Natal and the Northern Transkei Free

Brian E. Lock
Published: 01 September 1973
Geological Magazine (1973) 110 (5): 485–486.
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PALAEO-ENVIRONMENT, DIAGENESIS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PERMIAN BLACK SHALES IN THE LOWER KAROO SUPERGROUP FLANKING THE CAPE FOLD BELT NEAR JANSENVILLE, EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SHALE GAS POTENTIAL OF THE KAROO BASIN Available to Purchase

C. GEEL, M. DE WIT, P. BOOTH, H-M. SCHULZ, B. HORSFIELD
Published: 01 September 2015
South African Journal of Geology (2015) 118 (3): 249–274.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.118.3.249
...C. GEEL; M. DE WIT; P. BOOTH; H-M. SCHULZ; B. HORSFIELD Abstract We report on geochemical and petrophysical properties of shales from the Prince Albert, Whitehill and Collingham Formations of the Lower Karoo Supergroup, near Jansenville in the Eastern Cape, close to the tectonic front of the Cape...
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View PDF for article title, PALAEO-ENVIRONMENT, DIAGENESIS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PERMIAN BLACK SHALES IN THE LOWER KAROO <span class="search-highlight">SUPERGROUP</span> FLANKING THE <span class="search-highlight">CAPE</span> FOLD BELT NEAR JANSENVILLE, EASTERN <span class="search-highlight">CAPE</span>, SOUTH AFRICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SHALE GAS POTENTIAL OF THE KAROO BASIN
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Lithostratigraphic correlation and mineralogical facies characterisation of the banded iron and manganese formations of the Palaeoproterozoic Hotazel Formation of the Voëlwater Subgroup Transvaal Supergroup, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Available to Purchase

D. Pienaar, A.J.B. Smith, L.C. Blignaut, K.S. Viljoen
Published: 01 March 2025
South African Journal of Geology (2025) 128 (1): 13–52.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.128.0005
... Formation Bed, Mozaan Group, Pongola Supergroup, South Africa . Precambrian Research , 384 , 106922 . Smith , A.J.B. , Gutzmer , J. , Beukes , N.J. and Chisonga , B.C. , 2019 . Iron ores of the Hotazel Formation, Northern Cape Province, South Africa . In: Iron Ore 2019...
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View PDF for article title, Lithostratigraphic correlation and mineralogical facies characterisation of the banded iron and manganese formations of the Palaeoproterozoic Hotazel Formation of the Voëlwater Subgroup Transvaal <span class="search-highlight">Supergroup</span>, Northern <span class="search-highlight">Cape</span> Province, South Africa
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Isotopic relationships of epigenetic Pb-Zn mineralisation in the Ventersdorp Supergroup near Douglas, Northern Cape Province Available to Purchase

H.T. Whitelaw, H. de Bruiyn, A.E. Schoch, W.A. van der Westhuizen, F.J. Kruger
Published: 01 September 2005
South African Journal of Geology (2005) 108 (2): 187–198.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/108.2.187
...) into the underlying Ventersdorp lavas. This paper deals with mineralization in the Allanridge Formation of the Ventersdorp Supergroup in the district of Douglas, Northern Cape Province (NCP) (Figure 1 ). The Allanridge Formation is a series of basaltic andesite to andesite flows that mark the ending of the ~2.7...
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View PDF for article title, Isotopic relationships of epigenetic Pb-Zn mineralisation in the Ventersdorp <span class="search-highlight">Supergroup</span> near Douglas, Northern <span class="search-highlight">Cape</span> Province
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Alteration of the Allanridge Formation of the Ventersdorp Supergroup near Douglas, Northern Cape Province. Available to Purchase

H. de Bruiyn, A. E. Schoch, H. T. Whitelaw, W. A. van der Westhuizen
Published: 01 March 2002
South African Journal of Geology (2002) 105 (1): 75–92.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/1050075
...H. de Bruiyn; A. E. Schoch; H. T. Whitelaw; W. A. van der Westhuizen Abstract The Allanridge Formation of the Ventersdorp Supergroup in the Northern Cape Province consists of andesite to basaltic andesite. The properties of these rocks are described by aid of detail from two localities near Douglas...
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Comparison of Rabbit Ridge (RR) lingulids with Devonian, Cape Supergroup sp... Available to Purchase

Published: 15 September 2022
Table 1. Comparison of Rabbit Ridge (RR) lingulids with Devonian, Cape Supergroup specimens from the Oosthuizen collection at Iziko Museum, Cape Town.
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A) Simplified geological map of the Cape Supergroup in South Africa. Location of the fossil locality (square) within the Cape Fold Belt, ∼ 145 km NE of Cape Town, insert of Africa showing the study region within South Africa (redrawn and modified from Reid et al. 2015; Theron and Loock 1988). B) Simplified geological map of the vicinity of the Karbonaatjies obrution bed (red star), along the N1 national road (yellow line) on the Western Cape Province.

A ) Simplified geological map of the Cape Supergroup in South Africa. Locat... Available to Purchase

Published: 16 April 2019
Fig. 1.— A ) Simplified geological map of the Cape Supergroup in South Africa. Location of the fossil locality (square) within the Cape Fold Belt, ∼ 145 km NE of Cape Town, insert of Africa showing the study region within South Africa (redrawn and modified from Reid et al. 2015 ; Theron
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(A) Simplified geological map of the Cape Supergroup in South Africa showing the approximate location (box with solid outline) of the study area within the Cape Fold Belt, ~200 km north of Cape Town (Figure redrawn and modified from Theron and Loock, 1988). Inset shows Africa’s position within Gondwana in the Palaeozoic. (B)Simplified geological map of the Lower Ordovician Piekenierskloof Formation showing the study area (box with dashed outline) along the West Coast of South Africa (map redrawn from Thamm, 1993).

(A) Simplified geological map of the Cape Supergroup in South Africa showi... Available to Purchase

Published: 01 June 2016
Figure 1. (A) Simplified geological map of the Cape Supergroup in South Africa showing the approximate location (box with solid outline) of the study area within the Cape Fold Belt, ~200 km north of Cape Town (Figure redrawn and modified from Theron and Loock, 1988 ). Inset shows Africa’s
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Thickness maps for (a) the main Karoo Basin and (b) Cape Supergroup (1000 metre contour intervals shown). Outcropping Dwyka and Witteberg Group rocks are shown in (a) and (b) respectively (purple). Several towns are indicated (white circles, see Figure 5 for details). The towns of Willowmore (WM) and Steytlerville (SV) are marked (white circles).

Thickness maps for ( a ) the main Karoo Basin and ( b ) Cape Supergroup (10... Available to Purchase

Published: 01 September 2015
Figure 7 Thickness maps for ( a ) the main Karoo Basin and ( b ) Cape Supergroup (1000 metre contour intervals shown). Outcropping Dwyka and Witteberg Group rocks are shown in (a) and (b) respectively (purple). Several towns are indicated (white circles, see Figure 5 for details). The towns