Burgersdorp Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt Fm
Period:
Triassic
Age Interval:
Province:
Southern Africa
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt
Lithology and Thickness
Burgersdorp Fm:
LITHOLOGY = Consists mainly of dark reddish brown mudstone with subordinate siltstones and sandstones.
CALIBRATION = 80% up in the Scythian.
REFERENCE = Fig. 2. from Catuneanu, O., et al.,"The Karoo basins of south-central Africa", Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005), 211-254
LITHOLOGY = Consists mainly of dark reddish brown mudstone with subordinate siltstones and sandstones.
CALIBRATION = 80% up in the Scythian.
REFERENCE = Fig. 2. from Catuneanu, O., et al.,"The Karoo basins of south-central Africa", Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005), 211-254
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Olenekian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.67
Beginning date (Ma):
247.74
Ending stage:
Anisian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.6
Ending date (Ma):
243.56
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 25 lat: -30
Compiler: