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The sedimentology of the Waterberg Group in the Transvaal, South Africa: an overview

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The Palaeoproterozoic Waterberg Group consists mainly of a succession of coarse siliciclastic rocks which shows two upward-fining sequences as mentioned in this paper, and the main depository evolved as a continental, fault-bounded basin in the northern part of the Kaapvaal craton.
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This article is published in Journal of African Earth Sciences.The article was published on 1991-01-01. It has received 44 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Siliciclastic & Alluvial fan.

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Precambrian clastic sedimentation systems

TL;DR: The unique and evolving nature of the Precambrian geological environment in many ways was responsible for significant differences between precambrian clastic sedimentary deposits and their Phanerozoic-modern equivalents as mentioned in this paper.
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Muddy Roll-up Structures in Siliciclastic Interdune Beds of the c. 1.8 Ga Waterberg Group, South Africa

TL;DR: The Makgabeng roll-ups as discussed by the authors represent the oldest evidence for microbial colonisation of a terrestrial setting. But their alignment is considered to be the result of an extreme precipitation event, and they appear to have formed within a fully terrestrial paleoenvironment, in the oldest known Precambrian deserts.
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Precambrian continental freeboard and geological evolution: A time perspective

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the volcano-sedimentary record of a number of cratons: Kaapvaal, Singhbhum and Pilbara, and found that the geodynamic processes largely outweighed the tendency towards equilibrium.
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Sedimentation patterns during the Precambrian : a unique record?

TL;DR: In this article, the authors search for distinctiveness in the Precambrian sedimentary record, both siliciclastic and carbonate, through an extensive, though not exhaustive, review of the relevant literature augmented by new observations.
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A review of the braided-river depositional environment

TL;DR: A review of more than sixty recent papers on modern and ancient braided-stream deposits can be found in this article, where several sedimentation models have been developed from a review of recent work.
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Origin of sedimentary rocks

TL;DR: In this paper, the origin of sedimentary rocks is discussed. And the authors propose a method to identify sedimentary sources and sedimentary sedimentary geysers in the Middle East.
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Depositional Environments as Interpreted from Primary Sedimentary Structures and Stratification Sequences

TL;DR: In this paper, the use of primary sedimentary structures and stratification sequence as tools for interpretation of depositional environment of clastic sediments is discussed, emphasizing advances in understanding that the authors judge to be important.
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