TRAVERTINES AND CAVE DEPOSITS OF THE KAAP ESCARPMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, AND THE TYPE LOCALITY OF AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS DART
1954; Geological Society of America; Volume: 65; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1130/0016-7606(1954)65[671
ISSN1943-2674
Autores Tópico(s)History of Science and Natural History
ResumoResearch Article| July 01, 1954 TRAVERTINES AND CAVE DEPOSITS OF THE KAAP ESCARPMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, AND THE TYPE LOCALITY OF AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS DART FRANK E PEABODY FRANK E PEABODY DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information FRANK E PEABODY DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 09 Feb 1953 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Copyright © 1954, The Geological Society of America, Inc. Copyright is not claimed on any material prepared by U.S. government employees within the scope of their employment. GSA Bulletin (1954) 65 (7): 671–706. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1954)65[671:TACDOT]2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 09 Feb 1953 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation FRANK E PEABODY; TRAVERTINES AND CAVE DEPOSITS OF THE KAAP ESCARPMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, AND THE TYPE LOCALITY OF AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS DART. GSA Bulletin 1954;; 65 (7): 671–706. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1954)65[671:TACDOT]2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract The surface travertines, included cave deposits, and other associated phenomena along the Kaap escarpment (Campbell Rand) of the Union of South Africa are mapped and described with emphasis on chronology. The Thabaseek, Norlim, Oxland, and Blue Pool travertines (new names) at Buxton in the Taungs Native Reserve, type locality of Australopithecus africanus Dart, are of different ages and are related to each other and to water-cut channels in such a manner as to represent a long, seven-stage sequence of events, the first of which antedates Middle Pleistocene time. Several cave faunas, including the Australopithecus fauna, and archeological material of Middle and Late Stone Age of South Africa are correlated with the travertine sequence. Australopithecus occurs in the youngest part of the oldest travertine. Other travertines and associated phenomena along the Kaap escarpment are correlated with the Buxton sequence, and a tentative correlation is made with the diamond gravels of the Vaal River. Buxton travertines seem to have been formed during the waning of wet (pluvial) periods; on this basis, two earlier major travertines and two later minor travertines at Buxton correlate with the two earlier major and the two later minor pluvials interpreted from the gravels and terraces of the Vaal River by H. B. S. Cooke. Australopithecus and its associated fauna are considered no older than Lower Pleistocene on the basis of physical and biological data. There is no concrete evidence for a Pliocene age. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.
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