South Africa: How We Used the Earth's Magnetic Field to Date Rocks Rich in Dinosaur Fossils

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Covering two thirds of South Africa the Karoo Basin, visually, is a beautiful space. When looking more deeply into its rock layers, like leafing through the pages of a book, one can read about a wealth of palaeoevinromental and biological processes.

The Karoo Basin is an invaluable archive of information over its 120 million year depositional history. Rich in fossils, both plants and animals, the Karoo Basin records crisis periods - mass extinction events - in the distant past when many species became extinct.

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