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Cedarberg Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt Formation
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Cedarberg Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt Fm base reconstruction

Cedarberg Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt Fm


Period: 
Ordovician

Age Interval: 

Province: 
Southern Africa

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt

Lithology and Thickness

Cedarberg Fm:
LITHOLOGY = Mudstone, it is a basinwide marker with good fossil preservation.
CALIBRATION = 65% up in the Late Ordovician (placed mid-way between formations).
REFERENCE = Tankard, A., "Tectonic evolution of the Cape and Karoo basins of South Africa", Marine and Petroleum Geology 26 (2009) 1379–1412

Lithology Pattern: 
Claystone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Upper contact

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 


Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Katian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.58

    Beginning date (Ma): 
448.36

    Ending stage: 
Aeronian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.51

    Ending date (Ma):  
439.52

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  

Additional Information

long: 25 lat: -30

Compiler: