Bushveld - Wikipedia
网页The Bushveld (from Afrikaans: bosveld, Afrikaans: bos 'bush' and Afrikaans: veld) is a sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa. The ecoregion straddles the Tropic of Capricorn and constitutes the southern part of the Zambezian region.
Bushveld | Savanna, Wildlife, Fauna | Britannica
网页Bushveld, natural region in southern Africa, at an elevation of about 2,500–4,000 feet (800–1,200 metres). Centred in Limpopo province, South Africa, it extends into northern KwaZulu-Natal province, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. The bushveld (“thornbush field”) is characterized by.
Bushveld Biodiversity
网页The Bushveld Biodiversity Research Centre (BBRC), situated 50km from the Botswana border in the Northern part of the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Established in 2022 by Pieter and Chanelle Becker, our passion for this remote landscape drove us to create a platform for exploration and learning.
Bushveld Complex | geological formation, South Africa
网页…and most famous is the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, which is 9 km (5.6 miles) thick and covers an area of 66,000 square km (about 25,500 square miles). It was intruded nearly 2.1 billion years ago and is the largest repository …
Central Bushveld - One Earth
网页An unusual soil type characterizes this plain – black or red vertic clay, derived from basalt. The climate is tropical and seasonal with hot, wet summers and cool, dry winters. It has an average annual rainfall between 350 mm to 750 mm, with a slightly higher average (650 mm to 900 mm) in the Waterberg Mountains.
The Rustenburg Layered Suite formed as a stack of mush with ... - Nature
网页2021年1月21日 · The Rustenburg Layered Suite of the Bushveld Complex of South Africa is a vast layered accumulation of mafic and ultramafic rocks. It has long been regarded as a textbook result of fractional ...
South Africa’s Bushveld Vegetation: An Introduction
网页2022年11月21日 · When thinking of South Africa, bushveld is perhaps one of the most archetypal vegetation types, pictured by people thinking of the country’s Lowveld and alongside big game animals in the world famous Kruger National Park. According to some scientists, bushveld is considered a primarily vernacular term used in South Africa and Namibia for the ...
Dating the Bushveld Complex: Timing of Crystallization, Duration …
网页2021年1月2日 · Abstract. The Paleoproterozoic Bushveld Complex, including the world’s largest layered intrusion and host to world-class stratiform chromium, platinum group element, and vanadium deposits, is a remarkable natural laboratory for investigating the timescales of magmatic processes in the Earth’s crust.
Bushveld Igneous Complex - NASA Earth Observatory
网页2013年2月24日 · About 70 percent of the world’s platinum is mined in the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa—a geological formation roughly the same size as West Virginia. The Bushveld also supplies significant quantities of …
Continental mantle signature of Bushveld magmas and coeval …
网页2008年6月12日 · The emplacement of the 2.05-billion-year-old Bushveld complex, the world’s largest layered intrusion and platinum-group element (PGE) repository1, is a singular event in the history of the ...
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