Stormberg Gr
Period:
Triassic, Jurassic
Age Interval:
Late Triassic-Early Jurassic
Province:
Karoo Basin
Type Locality and Naming
Karoo Basin
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
It consists of three formations, in ascending order: Molteno Fm, Elliot Fm, Clarens Fm.
Lithology Pattern:
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Drakensberg basalt Fm (conformable)
Regional extent
Karoo Basin
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Late Triassic-Early Jurassic
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Carnian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
237.00
Ending stage:
Toarcian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.16
Ending date (Ma):
182.68
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Rebecca Bobick (and Wen Du), modified from Fig. 2. from Catuneanu, O., et al.,"The Karoo basins of south-central Africa", Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005), 211-254