Bokkveld Gr
Period:
Devonian
Age Interval:
Early – Middle Devonian
Province:
Karoo Basin
Type Locality and Naming
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
The Bokkeveld Group consists of five upward-coarsening sequences of shales, mudstones and sandstones
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Witteburg Gr (conformable)
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Emsian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.24
Beginning date (Ma):
406.62
Ending stage:
Givetian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.9
Ending date (Ma):
379.54
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Rebecca Bobick (and Wen Du), modified from Tankard, A., "Tectonic evolution of the Cape and Karoo basins of South Africa", Marine and Petroleum Geology 26 (2009) 1379–1412