The Karoo Basin Slope Project aims to understand the turbidite sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy within the Tanqua and Laingsburg depocentres, to develop a tectonic model of basin development and to determine the effects on sediment supply and routing to the basin and the use of outcrop gamma-ray logging and geochemistry for reservoir characterization.
The project team consists of academic staff and three postgraduate students at the University of Liverpool (UK) and the University of Stellenbosch (RSA). Sponsorship is provided by a petroleum industry consortium and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
