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Ceres Sub Gr
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Ceres Sub Gr base reconstruction

Ceres Sub Gr


Period: 
Devonian

Age Interval: 
Early – Middle Devonian


Province: 
Karoo Basin

Type Locality and Naming

Upper subgroup of the Bokkveld Gr.

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

The Bokkeveld Gr consists of five upward-coarsening sequences of shales, mudstones and sandstones


Lithology Pattern: 
Clayey sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Nardouw Fm of Table Mountain Gr (conformable)

Upper contact

Bidouw Sub 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: 
Eifelian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.09

    Ending date (Ma):  
393.49

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