. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Geology. 392 W. M. DAVIS OBSERVATIONS IN SOUTlt AFR±CA A view of the same ridge, shown in natural section on the eastern side of the notch cut by Buffels river, is given in figure 5, looking northeast. This was drawn from a knob near the letters TT of "Wrinkled Witte- berg" in figure 2, about 2 miles west of the notch. A notable feature of t J: V Figure 5.—Eastern Wall of Buffels River Notch. The notch is in the southern Witteberg ridge, looking northeast. Three anticlines and three synclines are here seen, truncated by the northern sl
. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Geology. 392 W. M. DAVIS OBSERVATIONS IN SOUTlt AFR±CA A view of the same ridge, shown in natural section on the eastern side of the notch cut by Buffels river, is given in figure 5, looking northeast. This was drawn from a knob near the letters TT of "Wrinkled Witte- berg" in figure 2, about 2 miles west of the notch. A notable feature of t J: V Figure 5.—Eastern Wall of Buffels River Notch. The notch is in the southern Witteberg ridge, looking northeast. Three anticlines and three synclines are here seen, truncated by the northern slope of the ridge. the view is the repetition of a certain band of whitish quartzitic sand- stone in three anticlines and three synclines, across which the northern face of the ridge is indifferently beveled. The same band of sandstone is seen in a local ridge in the distance, where it rises north of the longi-. Figure 6.—Southern Slope of the southern Witteberg Ridge. A lowland of Bokkeveld strata is in the middle distance and the Klein Zwartberg, a strong anticline of Table Mountain sandstones, in the distance. The gorges of Buffels river are seen on the left in the foreground and background (see note in text). tudinal synclinal valley and lies on the back slope of the next anticlinal ridge. A photographic view showing part of these features, taken from the floor of Buffels Eiver gorge, is reproduced in plate 48, figure Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Geological Society of America. [New York : The Society]
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