Gariep And Nosib Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt Gr
Period:
Tonian
Age Interval:
Province:
Southern Africa
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt
Lithology and Thickness
Gariep and Nosib Gr:
LITHOLOGY = Coarse clastics?
CALIBRATION = Age given by L.E. Kent, 1976, from Naauwpoort lava in Nosib Group.
REFERENCE = Kent, L.E., & Hugo, P.J., Aspects of the Revised South African Stratigraphic Classification and a Proposal for the Chronostratigraphic Subdivision of the Precambrian, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 6, 367-377
LITHOLOGY = Coarse clastics?
CALIBRATION = Age given by L.E. Kent, 1976, from Naauwpoort lava in Nosib Group.
REFERENCE = Kent, L.E., & Hugo, P.J., Aspects of the Revised South African Stratigraphic Classification and a Proposal for the Chronostratigraphic Subdivision of the Precambrian, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 6, 367-377
Lithology Pattern:
Coarse-grained sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Tonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.71
Beginning date (Ma):
800.00
Ending stage:
Drumian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.38
Ending date (Ma):
503.00
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 25 lat: -30
Compiler: