TITLE:
Geo-Spatial Mapping of the Northern Bushveld Rustenburg Layered Suite (RLS) in South Africa
AUTHORS:
O. A. Bamisaiye, P. G. Eriksson, J. L. Van Rooy, H. M. Brynard, S. Foya
KEYWORDS:
Northern Bushveld Complex, Rustenburg Layered Suite (RLS), Regional Trends, Residual Structures, Igneous Layering, Trend Surface Analysis
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.6 No.5,
May
30,
2016
ABSTRACT: The focus of this paper is on determination of the geometry and
stratigraphic contact pattern of the Rustenburg Layered Suite (RLS) in the Northern
Bushveld Complex area using available borehole data and trend surface analysis
technique. This technique was used to analyse over one hundred borehole log
data in the Northern Bushveld Complex in order to describe the geometric pattern
and trends of the RLS rocks. The results demonstrate the usefulness of this
technique in identifying structural features. Regional trends of each of the
stratigraphic units reveal the presence of regional structures that were not
obvious at the surface. This first part of the paper focused on the Northern
Bushveld Complex, while the second and the third part focused on the eastern
and western Bushveld limbs respectively.