27 January 2012
Posted by Callan Bentley
These are turbidites of the Malmsbury Group in South Africa, on the east shore of False Bay. A couple of nice little folds running sub-vertically through the package…
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Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.
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Those are in the Malmesbury Group that underlies the Cape Supergroup. nice shots!
Thanks Christie – that was my initial diagnosis, too, but the map in Geological Journeys said it was all Cape SG on the east side of the Bay. I’ll fix the post to reflect your expert ID.
C
yes the unconformity is right at the coast there – nearly right at the roadway! so on a larger scale map it would be hard to show any of the underlying unit. Jealous of your road trip, I love that area!