Moodies Group
Moodies Group Stratigraphic range: Paleoarchean ~ | |
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Type | Geological group |
Overlies | Fig Tree Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Greenstone belt |
Other | Sedimentary Rock |
Location | |
Coordinates | 25°48′S 31°00′E / 25.8°S 31.0°ECoordinates: 25°48′S 31°00′E / 25.8°S 31.0°E |
Region | Barberton Greenstone Belt, Mpumalanga |
Country | South Africa Eswatini |
Extent | Kaapvaal Craton |
Location of the Barberton Greenstone Belt |
The Moodies Group is a geological formation in South Africa and Eswatini.[1] It has the oldest well-preserved siliciclastic tidal deposits on Earth, where microbial mats flourished.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Heubeck, Christoph (2019). "The Moodies Group—a High-Resolution Archive of Archaean Surface Processes and Basin-Forming Mechanisms". The Archaean Geology of the Kaapvaal Craton, Southern Africa. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer International Publishing: 133–169. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-78652-0_6. ISBN 978-3-319-78651-3.
- ^ Homann, Martin; Heubeck, Christoph; Airo, Alessandro; Tice, Michael M. (1 September 2015). "Morphological adaptations of 3.22 Ga-old tufted microbial mats to Archean coastal habitats (Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa)". Precambrian Research. 266: 47–64. Bibcode:2015PreR..266...47H. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2015.04.018. ISSN 0301-9268.
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- Geologic groups of Africa
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- Geology of Eswatini
- Archean Africa
- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Africa
- Paleontology in South Africa
- Origin of life