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The geology of the coal-bearing rocks of the Karoo Sequence in the Tshikondeni Mine area, northern Transvaal
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1995.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/82500 The geology of the coal-bearing rocks of the Karoo Sequence in the Tshikondeni Mine area, northern Transvaal Eriksson, Patrick George Snyman, C.P. Sullivan, John Hendrey UCTD Geology coal bearing rocks Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1995. This study describes the general geology of the Tshikondeni Mine area, and suggests a reconstruction of the depositional palaeoenvironment of the different sedimentary units. The palaeoenvironmental model is further related to the quality of the main coal seams. The sedimentary palaeoenvironment was established by identifying and describing seven vertically stacked genetic units of sedimentation, comprising twelve different lithofacies. These are related to sedimentary processes, from which a palaeoenvironmental model is derived. The sedimentation at Tshikondeni commenced with glacial, glaciofluvial and glaciolacustrine deposition. This was followed by deltaic, fluvial and lacustrine settings with associated coal seams. Coal distribution, petrography and quality parameters (ash, volatile matter) appear to be closely related to inferred palaeoenvironmental characteristics. Structurally, the area is complex and numerous faults occur. The faulting is due to extensional tectonism. Intrusive basaltic dykes and sills are numerous and further complicate exploitation of the economic coal seams. Geology MSc Unrestricted 2021-11-02T10:19:46Z 2021-11-02T10:19:46Z 2021 1995 Dissertation * http://hdl.handle.net/2263/82500 © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Geology coal bearing rocks The geology of the coal-bearing rocks of the Karoo Sequence in the Tshikondeni Mine area, northern Transvaal |
| title | The geology of the coal-bearing rocks of the Karoo Sequence in the Tshikondeni Mine area, northern Transvaal |
| title_full | The geology of the coal-bearing rocks of the Karoo Sequence in the Tshikondeni Mine area, northern Transvaal |
| title_fullStr | The geology of the coal-bearing rocks of the Karoo Sequence in the Tshikondeni Mine area, northern Transvaal |
| title_full_unstemmed | The geology of the coal-bearing rocks of the Karoo Sequence in the Tshikondeni Mine area, northern Transvaal |
| title_short | The geology of the coal-bearing rocks of the Karoo Sequence in the Tshikondeni Mine area, northern Transvaal |
| title_sort | geology of the coal bearing rocks of the karoo sequence in the tshikondeni mine area northern transvaal |
| topic | UCTD Geology coal bearing rocks |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/82500 |