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This field trip is a great traverse that covers a large part of the geology of South Africa, all the way from the Neoarchean Witwatersrand Supergroup to the Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic Cape- and Karoo Supergroups. It will take the participant through some of the spectacular scenery of South Africa, which includes, Bushmanland, the Richtersveld, Namaqualand and the Western Cape.

The structural evolution of the geology of South Africa and the geological successions that make up the geology, as we see it today, is explored and slowly pieced together, mostly in geochronological order.

Other aspects that will be investigated and explored include the various tectonic models for the assembly of the geology of southern Africa as well as the landscape evolution that affected this part of the African continent since the breakup of Gondwana (~180Ma ago) and how this affects and controls the distribution of iron, manganese and alluvial diamond deposits in South Africa. Some of the important mineral deposits in South Africa, as well as their origin, will also be explored.

Field Trip Leader: Herman van Niekerk                                                         
Start: OR TAMBO International Airport Johannesburg                   
End: Cape Town International Convention Centre
Departs: 09:00 AM
Dates: 11 days, Wednesday 17th to Saturday 27th August 2016            
Price: R 33 000 per person sharing with single supplement of R 7 200 per person

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