Prince Albert Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Province:
Southern Africa
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Karoo Basin Cape Fold Belt
Lithology and Thickness
Prince Albert Fm:
LITHOLOGY = Argillites, pelagic and gravity flow sediments (deep marine)
CALIBRATION = 89% up in the Late Carboniferous.
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 = Argillites, pelagic and gravity flow sediments (deep marine)
CALIBRATION = 89% up in the Late Carboniferous.
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:
Pelagic marl
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Gzhelian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.44
Beginning date (Ma):
301.59
Ending stage:
Sakmarian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
292.02
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 25 lat: -30
Compiler: