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Geological formation in South Africa and Eswatini
The Moodies Group is a
geological formation in
South Africa and
Eswatini.
[1]
[2] It has the oldest well-preserved
siliciclastic tidal deposits on Earth, where
microbial mats flourished.
[3]
See also
References
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^ Heubeck, Christoph (2019).
"The Moodies Group—a High-Resolution Archive of Archaean Surface Processes and Basin-Forming Mechanisms". The Archaean Geology of the Kaapvaal Craton, Southern Africa. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer International Publishing. pp. 133–169.
doi:
10.1007/978-3-319-78652-0_6.
ISBN
978-3-319-78651-3.
S2CID
133889890.
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^ Heubeck, Christoph (2014). "Moodies Group".
Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 1–6.
doi:
10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_5153-1.
ISBN
978-3-642-27833-4. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
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^ Homann, Martin; Heubeck, Christoph; Airo, Alessandro; Tice, Michael M. (1 September 2015).
"Morphological adaptations of 3.22 Ga-old tufted microbial mats to Archean coastal habitats (Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa)". Precambrian Research. 266: 47–64.
Bibcode:
2015PreR..266...47H.
doi:
10.1016/j.precamres.2015.04.018.
ISSN
0301-9268.
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