The Makhonjwa Mountains, known as the Barberton Greenstone Belt in Mpumalanga, have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list. The Makhonjwa Mountains, known as the Barberton Greenstone ...

Geological map of the Barberton Greenstone Belt. (Image credit: De Ronde (2021)) Lamb noticed the geology was similar to what he had seen along the eastern side of New Zealand in 20 million-year ...

Situated in north-eastern South Africa, the Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains comprises 40% of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, one of the world’s oldest geological structures. The property represents the ...

One of the groups of geologists explores the variation of rare rock formations found in the Makhonjwa geological area. Photos: Prof Christoph Heubeck This past week Barberton was host to some of ...

Life took hold on land at least as early as 3.2 billion years ago, suggests a study. The team studied ancient rock formations from South Africa's Barberton greenstone belt. These rocks are some of ...

Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. In southern Africa, the Barberton Greenstone Belt has rocks that are between 3.5 and 4.1 billion years old.

A comprehensive and holistic model has been developed for the regional fluid flow patterns within the Sheba-Fairview complex, in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, in Mpumalanga, which also shows how ...

Southern part of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, shows mafic/ultramafic volcanics and cherts of the Kromberg Formation, Onverwacht Group, in the foreground and to the right, looking ...

A small range called the Makhonjwa Mountains or the Barberton Greenstone Belt sits in eastern South Africa and Swaziland, and contains a 23-to-66 foot thick deposit of 3.3-billion-year-old ...

The 3.5–3.2 Ga old volcano-sedimentary succession of the Barberton greenstone belt (South Africa) is characterized by lithological units that are repeated in a regular manner. Komatiitic ...

The landscape pictured during geological fieldwork in a region called the Barberton Greenstone Belt in northeastern South Africa, in this undated handout photograph obtained by Reuters. The region ...

Evidence of the impact is found in the Barberton Greenstone belt of South Africa today, Dr Drabon said: “Picture yourself standing off the coast of Cape Cod, in a shelf of shallow water.