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The Development of the Mid-Zambezi Valley in Northern Rhodesia since Early Karroo Times

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. Tavener-Smith
R. Tavener-Smith
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Northern Rhodesia, P.O. Box 671, Lusaka.
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Abstract

Karroo sedimentation in the mid-Zambezi area presents an instance of deposition in an intra-cratonic basin during a complete climatic semi-cycle. Mention is made of the tectonic factors which controlled the course of Karroo sedimentation in the area, and the nature of the pre-Karroo surface is commented upon. An account is given of the depositional history of the mid-Zambezi basin during the Karroo period. The structural development of the region since Karroo times is outlined, and it is suggested that the present valley is essentially a downwarped and eroded part of the peneplain which still forms the adjacent plateau to the north-west.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 95 , Issue 2 , April 1958 , pp. 105 - 118
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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