Moodies Group Explained

The Moodies Group is a geological formation in South Africa and Eswatini.^{[1] [2]} It has the oldest well-preserved siliciclastic tidal deposits on Earth, where microbial mats flourished.^[3]

See also

• Archean life in the Barberton Greenstone Belt
• Fig Tree Formation
• Onverwacht Group

Notes and References

1. Book: Heubeck . Christoph . The Archaean Geology of the Kaapvaal Craton, Southern Africa . The Moodies Group—a High-Resolution Archive of Archaean Surface Processes and Basin-Forming Mechanisms . Regional Geology Reviews . 2019 . 133–169 . 10.1007/978-3-319-78652-0_6 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78652-0_6 . Springer International Publishing . 978-3-319-78651-3 . 133889890 . en.
2. Book: Heubeck . Christoph . Encyclopedia of Astrobiology . Moodies Group . 2014 . 1–6 . Springer . Berlin, Heidelberg . 10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_5153-1 . 978-3-642-27833-4 . 12 January 2023.
3. Homann . Martin . Heubeck . Christoph . Airo . Alessandro . Tice . Michael M. . Morphological adaptations of 3.22 Ga-old tufted microbial mats to Archean coastal habitats (Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa) . Precambrian Research . 1 September 2015 . 266 . 47–64 . 10.1016/j.precamres.2015.04.018 . 2015PreR..266...47H . en . 0301-9268.