Talk:Kaapvaal Craton

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A few maps would be very useful.....Paul venter 10:33, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is this new/relevant data

Although scientists had previously hypothesized enormous ancient impacts, much greater than the one that may have eliminated the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, now a new study reveals the power and scale of a cataclysmic event some 3.26 billion years ago which is thought to have created geological features found in a South African region known as the Barberton greenstone belt. The research has been accepted for publication in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, a journal of the American Geophysical Union. in SCIENTISTS RECONSTRUCT ANCIENT IMPACT THAT DWARFS DINOSAUR-EXTINCTION BLAST (9 April 2014) Ronbarak (talk) 12:39, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Refs and content

I've attempted to fix up the refs as all the authors had been put in alphabetical order as well as the papers. That said, I have not checked content but can see that the vast majority of it appears to have been lifted from the sources verbatum. At the moment the article has the feel of a tutorial essay and warrants a rehash and synthesis. Maybe if I get time. Oxonhutch 12:20, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maps Helpful

There should be several maps; The Kaapvaal Canton today, and before it hit Pilabara, at the time of that SuperContenent, and a couple afterward. A wander map (showing how it has rotated and moved north south (east west maybe).

Yours

Edward B. Wilson. 2009 Dc 15 19:19 CST

Name change

"Craton" is part of the name, like "Windsor Castle", and the article title should read "Kaapvaal Craton" - see Yilgarn Craton Androstachys (talk) 06:56, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'd agree - and the same goes for all of the other individual craton (and shield) articles. cheers Geopersona (talk) 06:26, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

Kaapvaal craton → Kaapvaal Craton – caps are appropriate for a proper name such as this, a specific geographical entity and for consistency across WP - as discussed at WP geology — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geopersona (talk • contribs) 19:49, 3 May 2013‎ (UTC)[reply]

Suggested merger: Barberton Greenstone Belt

I would like to suggest that the section on the Barberton Greenstone Belt be merged with the Makhonjwa Mountains article.--Discott (talk) 10:53, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Etymology?

The article lacks any mention of how the name "Kaapvaal" was derived. That being said, with a little bit of digging, I suspect that it's derived from the Afrikaans word kaap ("cape") and the Vaal River, which flows through the area covered by the Kaapvaal Craton. MarqFJA87 (talk) 02:42, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]