. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Geology. 390 W. M. DAVIS OBSERVATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA miles farther south (plate 48, figure 2) ; it was this one we crossed in our second day's excursion from Laingsburg (L, figure 1), August 22, when we drove 20 miles southward down the valley of Buffels river, through its gorge (plate 47, figure 1), Leeuw Kloof poort, or Lion Eavine gap, in the Witteberg ridge, where good sections were abundantly exposed. ' B o k K E- v e: l_ o Figure 2.—Sketch Map of District SoutJi of Laingsburg, Cape Colony. Shows gorge of the Buffels river through t
. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Geology. 390 W. M. DAVIS OBSERVATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA miles farther south (plate 48, figure 2) ; it was this one we crossed in our second day's excursion from Laingsburg (L, figure 1), August 22, when we drove 20 miles southward down the valley of Buffels river, through its gorge (plate 47, figure 1), Leeuw Kloof poort, or Lion Eavine gap, in the Witteberg ridge, where good sections were abundantly exposed. ' B o k K E- v e: l_ o Figure 2.—Sketch Map of District SoutJi of Laingsburg, Cape Colony. Shows gorge of the Buffels river through the Witteberg range. Scale, about five miles to an inch. Route of excursion on August 21, single dots ; on August 22, double dots. The general distribution of the ridges hereabout is roughly sketched in figure 2, on which our route is shown by a line of double dots. The sec- tion in the gorge, sketched as we drove through it, is reproduced in fig- ure 3. The range appears to be a double or faulted anticline, with steep dips and overthrusts along its northern border, where the Witteberg. 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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