Palaeogeographic evolution of southern Gondwana and the Karoo time wheel (IMAGE)

University of Cape Town - Faculty of Science

Palaeogeographic evolution of southern Gondwana and the Karoo time wheel

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Karoo times in southern Gondwana. (A) Gondwana’s palaeogeographic evolution from Late Carboniferous to Early Jurassic during Karoo sedimentation, highlighting key features of the five stratigraphic groups. Inset: Karoo time wheel showing relative durations of each Karoo group. (B) Tectonic setting of Karoo-equivalent rocks in southern Gondwana; Africa map depicts the extent of Karoo-age rocks in central and southern Africa. Abbreviations: Carb=Carboniferous; Dr=Drakensberg; myr=million years. Figure compiled from Johnson et al. (2006), Scotese (2014a, b), Cohen et al. (2024).

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Full Open-Access Paper:Bordy, E.M. and Groenewald, D.P., 2026. The Karoo Supergroup: Modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana. South African Journal of Geology, 129(1), pp.83–108. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.129.2748

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