Transvaal Supergroup

E636174

geologic supergroup

The Transvaal Supergroup is a thick, ancient sequence of sedimentary and volcanic rocks in South Africa that records early Earth environments, including some of the world’s oldest well-preserved carbonate and banded iron formations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cape Supergroup	1
Transvaal Supergroup canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geologic supergroup ⓘ
contains	banded iron formation ⓘ carbonate rock ⓘ chert ⓘ dolomite ⓘ shale ⓘ stromatolite ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment	continental shelf ⓘ platform carbonate ⓘ shallow marine ⓘ
economicImportance	iron ore resource ⓘ manganese resource ⓘ
extendsInto	Limpopo Province NERFINISHED ⓘ North West Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Cape Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicAge	Paleoproterozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ late Archean ⓘ
hasPart	Black Reef Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Chuniespoort Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Daspoort Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Griquatown Iron Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Hekpoort Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuruman Iron Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Magaliesberg Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Nauga Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Oaktree Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Penge Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Pretoria Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Silverton Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Strubenkop Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Timeball Hill Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
lithology	sedimentary rock ⓘ volcanic rock ⓘ
locatedIn	Kaapvaal Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Transvaal region NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlies	Witwatersrand Supergroup NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Transvaal Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEvent	Great Oxidation Event NERFINISHED ⓘ
scientificSignificance	hosts major banded iron formations ⓘ hosts some of the world’s oldest well-preserved carbonate successions ⓘ important for study of early atmospheric oxygenation ⓘ records early Earth surface environments ⓘ
studyDiscipline	economic geology ⓘ sedimentology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ
thickness	more than 10,000 metres ⓘ
underlies	Ventersdorp Supergroup NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kaapvaal Craton → overlainBy → Transvaal Supergroup ⓘ

slopes of Table Mountain → geology → Transvaal Supergroup ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cape Supergroup