Middleton 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
Middleton Fm:
LITHOLOGY = Koonap-Middleton sequence consist of a general fining-upward mudrock-dominated succesion with sequences comprising of sandstone, siltstone and mudstones deposited by delta distributary and meanderaing river channels.
CALIBRATION = 50% in interval.
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 = Koonap-Middleton sequence consist of a general fining-upward mudrock-dominated succesion with sequences comprising of sandstone, siltstone and mudstones deposited by delta distributary and meanderaing river channels.
CALIBRATION = 50% in interval.
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:
Wordian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.23
Beginning date (Ma):
268.10
Ending stage:
Wordian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.79
Ending date (Ma):
265.34
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 25 lat: -30
Compiler: