Abstract
SOUTH Africa is characterised geologically by its unity in plan and its variety in structure and composition. It is of special interest to European geologists, as its Karroo formation is an important supplement to their records, as it claims to be the original home of reptiles, mammals, and man, and as it contains the most prolific of the world's goldfields and diamond mines, and the largest known supply of primary platinum ores.Its present unity and isolation are due to Mesozoic movements that severed it from South America and Australia, which have many features in common; for the three areas shared the same early geological history, presenting, however, the differences that might be expected from such far-distant sections of the same continent.
The Geology of South Africa.
By Dr. Alex. L. Du Toit. Pp. xi + 463 + 39 plates. (Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, 1926.) 28s. net.
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GREGORY, J. The Geology of South Africa . Nature 119, 665–667 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119665a0
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