Fort Brown Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt Fm
Period:
Permian
Age Interval:
Province:
Southern Africa
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt
Lithology and Thickness
Fort Brown Fm:
LITHOLOGY = Deposited in shallow marine/paralic conditions. The Fort Brown rhythmites are marine shelf shales and pro-delta deposits. These were most likely the distal delta deposits to the overlying Waterford Formation which displays delta front facies assemblages.
CALIBRATION = Base of the Kungurian.
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 = Deposited in shallow marine/paralic conditions. The Fort Brown rhythmites are marine shelf shales and pro-delta deposits. These were most likely the distal delta deposits to the overlying Waterford Formation which displays delta front facies assemblages.
CALIBRATION = Base of the Kungurian.
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:
Sandy claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Kungurian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
283.30
Ending stage:
Kungurian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.7
Ending date (Ma):
277.08
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 25 lat: -30
Compiler: