Drakensberg flood basalts

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The Drakensberg flood basalts are extensive Jurassic volcanic lava flows that form part of the Karoo large igneous province in southern Africa, creating the dramatic cliffs and plateaus of the Drakensberg Mountains.

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Drakensberg flood basalts canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf flood basalt province ⓘ
volcanic rock formation ⓘ
associatedWith Karoo magmatism ⓘ
country Lesotho ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
dominantRockType basalt ⓘ
eruptionStyle effusive volcanism ⓘ
exposedIn uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park ⓘ
formationProcess fissure eruptions ⓘ
forms cliffs ⓘ
plateaus ⓘ
formsPartOf Great Escarpment of southern Africa ⓘ
formsTop Drakensberg Group ⓘ
geologicalAge Jurassic ⓘ
geomorphologicalEffect steep escarpment development ⓘ
importance major component of Drakensberg landscape ⓘ
lithology tholeiitic basalt ⓘ
locatedIn Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
southern Africa ⓘ
overlies Clarens Formation ⓘ
partOf Karoo large igneous province ⓘ
region Eastern Cape ⓘ
Free State ⓘ
KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ
relatedLargeIgneousProvince Karoo-Ferrar large igneous province ⓘ
scientificDiscipline petrology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Karoo Supergroup ⓘ
tectonicSetting continental flood basalt ⓘ
weatheringStyle columnar jointing (locally) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pilanesberg Alkaline Ring Complex → isOlderThan → Drakensberg flood basalts ⓘ