Great news! The baton has been handed over, thus I have now much less work to do. From today our field school participants have held a mutiny to this blog and will start sharing their stories and what they've learnt during our trip. With that being said, I can now simply share some snapshots of the day!
Day 2 - AMAZING Geology
Nigel Hicks: Senior scientist and expert from the Pietermaritzburg regional office of the Council for Geoscience explaining the intricacies of Delta depositional environments. Note the expert drawing of the background Vryheid Shales trough cross beds - Ecca Group of the Karoo Supergroup.
Expert team work is important in these situations.
Conglomerates of the Sinqeni Formation - 2.9 Ga Pongola Supergroup, with the notably erratic Mozaan Contact Reef, which was mined by the Denny Dalton family. Note the sulphides and uranium staining (yellow tinge).
The most AMAZING of all. Seems like the Dwyka does not only carry rocks, but also Baas Groenewald and Baas Mofokeng, who both exist ca. 390 Ma and 2900 Ma. Note the striations all over the quartzites.
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