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Table Mountain Sandstone (TMS), formally known by its geological name the Peninsula Formation Sandstone, is a group of rock formations within the Cape Supergroup sequence. While the term "Table Mountain Sandstone" remains widely used, it is no longer formally recognized; the correct geological name is "Peninsula Formation Sandstone," which is ...
Table Mountain is the northernmost end of a 50-kilometre-long (30 mi) and roughly six-to-ten-kilometre-wide (4 to 6 mi) Cape Fold Mountain range that forms the backbone of the Cape Peninsula, stretching from the Cape of Good Hope in the south to Table Mountain and its flanking Devil's Peak (to the east) and Lion's Head and Signal Hill (to the ...
It divides the Peninsula Formation Sandstone (or Table Mountain Sandstone) (magenta layer) into a Lower and Upper portion. It is the Lower (older) portion that is particularly hard and erosion resistant, and, therefore, forms most of the highest and most conspicuous peaks in the Cederberg and elsewhere in the Western Cape . [ 1 ]
The present landscape is due to prolonged erosion having carved out deep valleys, removing parts of the once continuous Table Mountain Group sandstone cover from the Cape Flats and False Bay, and leaving high residual mountain ridges. [1] At times the sea covered the Cape Flats and Noordhoek valley and the Cape Peninsula was then a group of ...
A piece of Table Mountain Sandstone. Ermelo Sandstone, Mpumalanga province, near der Farm de Roodepoort; Matatiele Sandstone, KwaZulu-Natal province, near Matatiele; Naboomspruit (also Golden Dawn or Golden Stone) Limpopo province, around Warmbaths; Nieuwoudtville Sandstone, Northern Cape province, near Nieuwoudtville
The range consists almost exclusively of Table Mountain sandstone which is extremely erosion-resistant. Peak Formosa is the highest point in the range at 1675 m. The climate of the range is extremely mild, with temperature variations only between 10 °C and 25 °C generally and rainfall exceeding 1000 mm per annum, thus the region supports ...
Table Mountain National Park, previously known as the Cape Peninsula National Park, is a national park in Cape Town, South Africa, proclaimed on 29 May 1998, for the purpose of protecting the natural environment of the Table Mountain chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation.
Table Mountain Group: Lithology; Primary: Sandstone, mudstone, siltstone, shale, and conglomerates: Other: Calcite: Location; Region: Western & Eastern Cape: Country South Africa: Type section; Named for: Bokkeveld mountains: Schematic diagram of a west-east (left - right) geological cross section through the Cedarberg portion of the Cape Fold ...