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V.—The Age of the Rand Beds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. Gibson
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In several parts of South Africa, thick sedimentary and unfossiliferous deposits are found resting on gneisses or highly altered rocks. They are well developed in the Southern Transvaal around the towns of Johannesburg and Potchefstroom; in the Northern Transvaal in the districts of Lydenburg and De Kaap, and possibly Zoutspansberg; in Matebeleland, Bechuanaland. Griqualand West, Damaraland, and Zululand.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 4 , Issue 12 , December 1897 , pp. 548 - 550
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1897

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