Cape Granite Suite

At its tip is the cape of good hope the peninsula forms the west side of false bay.

Cape granite suite. These rocks are not only extremely picturesque but they also contain a wealth of information about the recycling of the continental crust during the saldanian orogeny how large granitic plutons and volcanic complexes are constructed and the source processes that spawned the magmas. The three main rock formations are the late precambrian malmesbury group metamorphic rock the peninsula granite a huge batholith that was intruded into the malmesbury group about. These values are consistent with the garnet being produced during incongruent melting of a metapelitic source that has a similar o isotope composition to the malmesbury group. The cape peninsula is a peninsula that juts out into the atlantic ocean at the south western extremity of the african continent.

The phase i ages for magmatism in the saldanha batholith correspond with ages for the early phases of granite magmatism in the darling batholith and the peninsula pluton. Garnet is an accessory mineral in the cape granite suite and garnet δ 18 o values in the peninsula granite range in from 10 0 to 11 4 mean 10 6 0 6 n 15. The cape granites formed during the saldanian orogeny part of the panafrican orogenic system. The maximum age of the cape granite suite is therefore about 552 ma significantly younger than previous age determinations for the oldest cape granite the hoedjiespunt granite.

The lodge is flanked by an extrusion of granite rocks an effect echoed by the décor s bold materials and silver charcoal and elephant grey palette. The pan african cape granite suite cgs in the western cape province of south africa comprises mainly s type 560 ma to 530 ma and i type 540 to 520 ma plutons in association with rare a type intrusions 515 to 510 ma. With over 12 years of experience we have a comprehensive understanding of the industry we use the knowledge obtained over the years to offer our clients sound advice on ergonomic design quality products and dedicated service. Scheepers schoch 2006 which outcrops amongst older malmesbury shales and younger cape supergroup.

The field trip will visit key localities. The george pluton is part of the late ediacaran to early cambrian cape granite suite and was named after the city of george in the western cape province of south africa. The geology of the west coast peninsula forms part of the larger cape granite suite e g. Those plutons intrude the precambrian malmesbury supergroup and are covered by the table mountain group.