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As quick as one can say hippopotamus, the Karoo desert has turned into foreign landscape.  Rather than an intense, hot and radiant sun, with temperatures over 100 F, the skies now are overcast, the breeze cold and strong, and rain … Continue reading →

For such a massive chunk of time covered in thirty meters of sedimentary rocks, all of the rocks at the outcrop at Tweefontein are remarkably similar. With the exception of a few meters of sandstone the entire outcrop is composed … Continue reading →

After seeing textbook quality primary structures such as ripple marks and crossbeds at Chapman’s Peak in Capetown, we finally made it, on Friday evening, to the Karoo Basin. Today, the 10th of January is the fourth day in Ganora farm. … Continue reading →

So we have now been in the field for two days. After a long drive on Friday we arrived in the Karoo at Ganora Guest Farm. The farm is going to be our home for the next two weeks and … Continue reading →

After a very long and posterior numbing trip from Boston to Amsterdam (7 1/2 hours) and then Amsterdam to Cape Town (11 1/2 hours), we’ve finally arrived in South African summer. Our accommodation is outside of the city, in Constantia, … Continue reading →

Welcome to our blog! Here we will be writing updates on our trip to South Africa and our study of the geology in the Karoo Basin. On January 3rd Dr. Gastaldo, Tara, and I will depart Boston on our way … Continue reading →