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A simplified geological map of the outcrops of Karoo Supergroup rocks in Southern Africa. The Ecca Group is represented by the orange key on the map. The Ecca Group is the second of the main subdivisions of the Karoo Supergroup of geological strata in southern Africa .
The geology of Africa is varied and complex, and gives rise to the wide variety of landscapes found across the continent. The African continent rests over two main plates. The African Plate , accounting for the whole of north Africa, and the Somali Plate , which accounts for the eastern side of mid and southern Africa. [ 1 ]
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The Kaapvaal Craton covers an area of approximately 1,200,000 km 2 (460,000 sq mi) and is joined to the Zimbabwe Craton to the north by the Limpopo Belt.To the south and west, the Kaapvaal Craton is flanked by Proterozoic orogens, and to the east by the Lebombo monocline that contains Jurassic igneous rocks associated with the break-up of Gondwana.
Borg, G (1995), "Metallogenesis of Neoproterozoic basins in Namibia and Botswana" (PDF), Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, 10: 109– 119 Kukulus, Matthias (2004), A quantitative approach to the evolution of the central Walvis Basin offshore NW-Namibia: structure, mass balancing, and hydrocarbon potential (PhD thesis) , Julius ...
The Geological Survey of Tanzania or GST (Uchiunguzi wa Jiolojia wa Tanzania in Swahili) is a scientific department under the Tanzanian government. The scientists of the GST investigate the landscape of Tanzania, as well as its natural resources and potential hazards.
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Many aspects of Central African Republic's geologic history remain unknown. Along with the Brazilian state of Bahia , CAR is the only country known to host carbonados (black diamond aggregates), which some researchers have suggested may be connected to a Precambrian meteorite impact that could also have generated the Bangui magnetic anomaly .