Klipeuwel Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt Fm
Period:
Cambrian
Age Interval:
Province:
Southern Africa
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt
Lithology and Thickness
Klipeuwel Fm:
LITHOLOGY = Mixed rift fill: Conglomerate, sandstone and mudstone
CALIBRATION = 50% up in the Mid-Cambrian.
REFERENCE = Tankard, A., "Tectonic evolution of the Cape and Karoo basins of South Africa", Marine and Petroleum Geology 26 (2009) 1379–1412
LITHOLOGY = Mixed rift fill: Conglomerate, sandstone and mudstone
CALIBRATION = 50% up in the Mid-Cambrian.
REFERENCE = Tankard, A., "Tectonic evolution of the Cape and Karoo basins of South Africa", Marine and Petroleum Geology 26 (2009) 1379–1412
Lithology Pattern:
Aus conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Drumian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.38
Beginning date (Ma):
503.00
Ending stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.48
Ending date (Ma):
482.17
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 25 lat: -30
Compiler: