Talk:Geology of South Africa

Sorting the sequence of the stratigraphy
I'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 Basin (Group, Formation or something else?) Bushveld Igneous Complex (Group, Formation or something else?) Griqualand West Basin (Group, Formation or something else?)
 * Transvaal Supergroup
 * Black Reef Formation
 * Chuniespoort Group
 * Pretoria Group

Copied from List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Africa
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

Order by age
Probably 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
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