Palaeoenvironmental successions and sequence stratigraphy of the early to Middle Devonian Bokkeveld Group in the Clanwilliam Sub-basin, Western Cape Province, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorPenn-Clarke, Cameron Roy
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-09T07:18:07Z
dc.date.available2018-01-09T07:18:07Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractReassessment of the sedimentology of the Bokkeveld Group in the Clanwilliam Sub-basin has allowed for the recognition of twelve lithofacies (1-12) comprising eight lthofacies association (A-H). Comparison of these lithofacies and lithofacies associations, as well as their palaeontological and ichnological content, with both ancient and modern analogues and applied experimental sedimentology suggests that sedimentation of the Bokkeveld Group in Clanwilliam Sub-basin occurred within three board siliciclastic depositional systems in a marginal-and-shallow marine setting. These are namely 1) A storm-and-wave-dominated shallow marine depositionl system comprising system offshore (Os) , offshore transition zone-to-distal Lower shoreface (OTZ-dLSF), proximal Lower shoreface (pLSF) and Upper shoreface-beach complex (USF-Beach) palaoenvironments. This is the most common depositional system in the field study area and persisted during sedimentationof the Gydo, Gamka, Voorstehoek, Hex River, Waboomberg, Wupperthal, Osberg and Karoopoort Formations. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version]en_ZA
dc.description.librarianXL2018en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipA thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 2017en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (lxvi, 574 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationPenn-Clarke, Cameron Roy, (2017) Palaeoenvironmental successions and sequence stratigraphy of the early to Middle Devonian Bokkeveld Group in the Clanwilliam Sub-basin, Western Cape Province, South Africa, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23656
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/23656
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshPaleoclimatology--Paleozoic
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology--Pleistocene
dc.subject.lcshSedimentation and deposition
dc.titlePalaeoenvironmental successions and sequence stratigraphy of the early to Middle Devonian Bokkeveld Group in the Clanwilliam Sub-basin, Western Cape Province, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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