Origin and Evolution of the Cape Mountains and Karoo Basin

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Linol, Bastien (Editor), de Wit, Maarten J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Regional Geology Reviews,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Fossil fuels.; Historical geology.; Structural geology.; Geobiology.; Earth Sciences.; Structural Geology.; Historical Geology.; Biogeosciences.; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture).

This book describes the latest research on the geological, geochemical, geochronological, biological, and geomorphic evolution of the unique and relatively pristine landscape of the Cape Mountains and the Karoo Basin, a region in South Africa that is currently being targeted for shale gas exploratio...