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What geological event occurred around 500 million years ago in the southern Cape region?
What geological event occurred around 500 million years ago in the southern Cape region?
- Formation of the Agulhas Sea (correct)
- Uplift of the Cape Peninsula
- Formation of the Table Mountain Group of rocks
- Intrusion of the Cape Granites
What type of rocks make up the upper part of Table Mountain?
What type of rocks make up the upper part of Table Mountain?
- Quartzites from the Table Mountain Group (correct)
- Granites from the Peninsula Granite
- Shales from the Malmesbury Group
- Dolerite Sills from the Cape Granites
What is the relationship between the Cape Granites and the Malmesbury Group?
What is the relationship between the Cape Granites and the Malmesbury Group?
- The Cape Granites are contemporaneous with the Malmesbury Group
- The Cape Granites are unrelated to the Malmesbury Group
- The Cape Granites are younger than the Malmesbury Group (correct)
- The Cape Granites are older than the Malmesbury Group
What can be observed as black bands in the rock on Table Mountain?
What can be observed as black bands in the rock on Table Mountain?
What type of unconformity is characterized by older rocks being tilted and folded, then covered by younger sedimentary rocks?
What type of unconformity is characterized by older rocks being tilted and folded, then covered by younger sedimentary rocks?
Where can the white, non-bedded intrusive rocks of the Cape Granite be seen?
Where can the white, non-bedded intrusive rocks of the Cape Granite be seen?
When did the process of assembling the supercontinent Gondwana begin?
When did the process of assembling the supercontinent Gondwana begin?
What was the environment of the Adamastor Sea around 600 million years ago?
What was the environment of the Adamastor Sea around 600 million years ago?
What was the result of the subduction to the west of the Adamastor Sea?
What was the result of the subduction to the west of the Adamastor Sea?
What is the evidence of mountain building in the Adamastor Sea region?
What is the evidence of mountain building in the Adamastor Sea region?
What occurred in the Cape region around 550 million years ago?
What occurred in the Cape region around 550 million years ago?
What was the result of the closure of the Adamastor Sea?
What was the result of the closure of the Adamastor Sea?
