Clarens Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt Fm
Period:
Jurassic
Age Interval:
Province:
Southern Africa
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt
Lithology and Thickness
Clarens Fm:
LITHOLOGY = Fine grained, mature, aeolian sandstones, mostly associated with wet desert sub-environments.
CALIBRATION = 29% up in the "Lias" (Early Jurassic).
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 = Fine grained, mature, aeolian sandstones, mostly associated with wet desert sub-environments.
CALIBRATION = 29% up in the "Lias" (Early Jurassic).
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:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Sinemurian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.89
Beginning date (Ma):
193.63
Ending stage:
Toarcian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.16
Ending date (Ma):
182.70
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 25 lat: -30
Compiler: