Early investigations of the Permo-Carboniferous glaciation of South Africa

A.G. Bain (1797–1864) was probably the first to describe the deposits of the Permo-Carboniferous glaciation of South Africa in 1844, but still attributed their formation to a volcanic origin. It was not until P.C. Sutherland (1822–1908) in 1868 and 1870 that the series was recognised as a glacial fo...

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Published inInternational journal of earth sciences : Geologische Rundschau Vol. 112; no. 8; pp. 2199 - 2204
Main Authors Pfaffl, Fritz A., Dullo, Wolf-Christian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Boulders
Carboniferous
Conglomerates
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Fluvial deposits
Geochemistry
Geology
Geophysics/Geodesy
Glaciation
Glacier formation
Glaciology
History of Earth Sciences
Mineral Resources
Sedimentology
Sediments
Structural Geology
South Africa
Dwyka series
Glacial grinding
Permo-Carboniferous glaciation
Tillite
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Summary:A.G. Bain (1797–1864) was probably the first to describe the deposits of the Permo-Carboniferous glaciation of South Africa in 1844, but still attributed their formation to a volcanic origin. It was not until P.C. Sutherland (1822–1908) in 1868 and 1870 that the series was recognised as a glacial formation. J. E. Dunn (1844–1937) named this deposit the Dwyka Series or Dwyka Conglomerate after the Dwyka River near Prince Albert in South Africa in 1886. This series contains scratched boulders and varved sediments, and the basement is characterised by rounded boulders and striated surfaces as evidence of glaciation. Graphical abstract
ISSN:1437-3254
1437-3262
DOI:10.1007/s00531-023-02349-8