Matlabas Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt Subgroup
Period:
Statherian
Age Interval:
Province:
Southern Africa
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt
Lithology and Thickness
Matlabas subgroup:
LITHOLOGY = Siltstone and grit
CALIBRATION = Arbitrarily assigned 1/3 up Waterberg/Soutpansberg Group.
REFERENCE = Walraven, F., Armstrong, R.A., and Kruger, F.J., A chronostratigraphic framework for the north-central Kaapvaal craton, the Bushveld Complex and the Vredefort structure, Tectonophysics, 171 (1990), 23-48
LITHOLOGY = Siltstone and grit
CALIBRATION = Arbitrarily assigned 1/3 up Waterberg/Soutpansberg Group.
REFERENCE = Walraven, F., Armstrong, R.A., and Kruger, F.J., A chronostratigraphic framework for the north-central Kaapvaal craton, the Bushveld Complex and the Vredefort structure, Tectonophysics, 171 (1990), 23-48
Lithology Pattern:
Siltstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Statherian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.85
Beginning date (Ma):
1,630.00
Ending stage:
Ectasian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.2
Ending date (Ma):
1,360.00
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 25 lat: -30
Compiler: