Riddles in stone: controversies, theories and myths about Southern Africa's geological past
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| adam_text | Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgements
xi
A
simplified international geological timescale
xiii
PART
1
EVOLUTION OF IDEAS ABOUT OUR EARTH
1.
Introduction: From Pythagoras to Plate Tectonics
3
2.
How old is the Earth?
23
3.
Is the end nigh? How much time do we have left?
33
4.
Pluto s realm: What lies at the Earths centre?
43
5.
Is the Earth expanding or shrinking?
51
6.
Continental drift: The greatest controversy of all
57
7.
The Mohole Project: A hole in the bottom of the sea
75
8.
Future climates: Global warming or another ice age?
79
9.
The legend of Noah s Flood
89
PART
2
SOME EARLY TANGLES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
10.
Introduction: Confusion over origins and ages
109
11.
Claystone porphyry: The enigmatic
D
wyka Tillite
113
12.
The Cape and the Transvaal: A geological misalliance
121
13.
E.H.L. Schwarz s Kalahari Scheme
129
14.
The Bushveld Complex: Comet impact,
mantle plume, or lava lake?
135
15.
The Pretoria (Tswaing) Saltpan: Volcano or impact crater?
143
16.
Schoenmakerskop quartz porphyry
147
PART
3
FOSSILS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE
17.
Introduction: Fossils and ancient life
153
18.
Early ideas about the origin of fossils
165
19.
Evolution, extinctions and the origins of life
171
20.
Black smokers and white smokers
189
PART
4
ROCKS, MINERALS AND OUR UNMATCHED ORE DEPOSITS
21.
Introduction: Our extraordinary mineral wealth
197
22.
Tablets of stone
201
23. Gemstones:
Supposed magical properties
203
24.
Minerals: What are they?
205
25.
Asbestos: Villain or scapegoat?
211
26.
The Namaqualand bubble of
1853-1855 219
27.
The chequered history of the Cape ruby
223
28.
Diggers tests for diamonds
231
29.
Diamonds in South Africa: Some bad early calls
235
30.
Where do diamonds form? The beginnings
of a 100-year dispute
239
31.
Kimberlite
and the genesis of the diamond
245
32.
Diamond pipes: Natures drillholes through the Earth s crust
257
33.
The properties that made gold and silver valuable
263
34.
The gold mines of Monomotapa: Was this the biblical Ophir?
269
35.
Mineral deposits: Discoverers elusive rewards
287
36.
Witwatersrand goldfields: Early scepticism,
predictions and crises
291
37.
Witwatersrand gold: Where did it come from?
297
38.
The Bushveld Complex: The riddle of its layering
303
39.
Platinum: From ugly duckling to swan
317
Final words
325
Glossary
326
Notes
330
References
333
Index
355
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Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgements
xi
A
simplified international geological timescale
xiii
PART
1
EVOLUTION OF IDEAS ABOUT OUR EARTH
1.
Introduction: From Pythagoras to Plate Tectonics
3
2.
How old is the Earth?
23
3.
Is the 'end' nigh? How much time do we have left?
33
4.
Pluto's realm: What lies at the Earths centre?
43
5.
Is the Earth expanding or shrinking?
51
6.
Continental drift: The greatest controversy of all
57
7.
The Mohole Project: A hole in the bottom of the sea
75
8.
Future climates: Global warming or another ice age?
79
9.
The legend of Noah's Flood
89
PART
2
SOME EARLY TANGLES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
10.
Introduction: Confusion over origins and ages
109
11.
Claystone porphyry: The enigmatic
D
wyka Tillite
113
12.
The Cape and the Transvaal: A geological misalliance
121
13.
E.H.L. Schwarz's Kalahari Scheme
129
14.
The Bushveld Complex: Comet impact,
mantle plume, or lava lake?
135
15.
The Pretoria (Tswaing) Saltpan: Volcano or impact crater?
143
16.
Schoenmakerskop quartz porphyry
147
PART
3
FOSSILS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE
17.
Introduction: Fossils and ancient life
153
18.
Early ideas about the origin of fossils
165
19.
Evolution, extinctions and the origins of life
171
20.
Black smokers and white smokers
189
PART
4
ROCKS, MINERALS AND OUR UNMATCHED ORE DEPOSITS
21.
Introduction: Our extraordinary mineral wealth
197
22.
Tablets of stone
201
23. Gemstones:
Supposed magical properties
203
24.
Minerals: What are they?
205
25.
Asbestos: Villain or scapegoat?
211
26.
The Namaqualand bubble of
1853-1855 219
27.
The chequered history of the Cape ruby
223
28.
Diggers' tests for diamonds
231
29.
Diamonds in South Africa: Some bad early calls
235
30.
Where do diamonds form? The beginnings
of a 100-year dispute
239
31.
Kimberlite
and the genesis of the diamond
245
32.
Diamond pipes: Natures drillholes through the Earth's crust
257
33.
The properties that made gold and silver valuable
263
34.
The gold mines of Monomotapa: Was this the biblical Ophir?
269
35.
Mineral deposits: Discoverers' elusive rewards
287
36.
Witwatersrand goldfields: Early scepticism,
predictions and crises
291
37.
Witwatersrand gold: Where did it come from?
297
38.
The Bushveld Complex: The riddle of its layering
303
39.
Platinum: From ugly duckling to swan
317
Final words
325
Glossary
326
Notes
330
References
333
Index
355 |
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