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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 ...
Possible tectonic setting during deposition of the Malmesbury group. (after Compton 2004) The late-Precambrian age Malmesbury Group is the oldest rock formation in the area, consisting of alternating layers of dark grey fine-grained greywacke, sandstone and slate, seen along the rocky Sea Point and Bloubergstrand shorelines, and from the Strand to Gordon's Bay.
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 ...
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 ...
The mountain range forms a barrier between the Cape Town metropolitan area and the southern Overberg coast. The range is primarily composed of Table Mountain Sandstone , and lies between the eastern Cape Town suburbs of Somerset West and Gordon's Bay to the west, and the Elgin valley to the east.
Below the sand, the bedrock is in general alternating layers of dark grey shale, siltstone and minor sandstone from a late-Precambrian rock formation called the Malmesbury Group. [1] [2] This is except on part of the western margin between Zeekoevlei to the south and Claremont and Wetton to the north, where an intrusive mass of Cape granite is ...