Peninsula Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt Fm
Period:
Ordovician
Age Interval:
Province:
Southern Africa
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt
Lithology and Thickness
Peninsula Fm:
LITHOLOGY = Consists of medium-to coarse-grained quartz sandstones with rare conglomerates and shales. Maximum thickness is 2000 m (W) to 2700 m (E).
CALIBRATION = 80% up in the Mid-Ordovician (placed mid-way between formations).
REFERENCE = Tankard, A., "Tectonic evolution of the Cape and Karoo basins of South Africa", Marine and Petroleum Geology 26 (2009) 1379–1412
LITHOLOGY = Consists of medium-to coarse-grained quartz sandstones with rare conglomerates and shales. Maximum thickness is 2000 m (W) to 2700 m (E).
CALIBRATION = 80% up in the Mid-Ordovician (placed mid-way between formations).
REFERENCE = Tankard, A., "Tectonic evolution of the Cape and Karoo basins of South Africa", Marine and Petroleum Geology 26 (2009) 1379–1412
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Darriwilian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.77
Beginning date (Ma):
460.79
Ending stage:
Katian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.58
Ending date (Ma):
448.36
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 25 lat: -30
Compiler: