transvaal karst region
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The Transvaal karst region is a limestone-rich area of South Africa renowned for its extensive cave systems and significant fossil-bearing sites important to paleoanthropology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| transvaal karst region canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological region
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karst region ⓘ paleoanthropological site complex ⓘ |
| age |
Pleistocene
NERFINISHED
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Pliocene ⓘ |
| climateArchive | speleothems ⓘ |
| contains |
Bolt’s Farm fossil site
NERFINISHED
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Coopers Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ Drimolen fossil site NERFINISHED ⓘ Gladysvale Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ Gondolin Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ Haasgat Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ Kromdraai fossil site NERFINISHED ⓘ Malapa fossil site NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterkfontein Caves NERFINISHED ⓘ Swartkrans Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| fossilRecordIncludes |
Australopithecus africanus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paranthropus robustus NERFINISHED ⓘ early Homo fossils ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation | dolomitic limestone ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
limestone quarrying
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
sinkholes
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solution cavities ⓘ underground chambers ⓘ |
| hasResource | groundwater aquifers ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite | Cradle of Humankind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalNameDerivedFrom | former Transvaal Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importantFor |
human evolution research
ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ |
| karstProcesses | dissolution of dolomite ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extensive cave systems
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fossil-bearing caves ⓘ hominin fossils ⓘ paleoanthropological significance ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gauteng Province
NERFINISHED
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North West Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Kaapvaal Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cradle of Humankind
NERFINISHED
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Transvaal Supergroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryDepositionalEnvironment | carbonate platform ⓘ |
| rockType |
dolomite
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limestone ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
archaeologists
ⓘ
geologists ⓘ paleoanthropologists ⓘ |
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