Whitehill 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
Whitehill Fm:
LITHOLOGY = Has been interpreted as passive suspension settling of mud intermixed with distal turbidites, periodically interrupted by volcanic ash fallout. (deep marine). Mudrock and shale dominant in the west/northwestern facies.
CALIBRATION = 50% up in the Sakmarian.
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 = Has been interpreted as passive suspension settling of mud intermixed with distal turbidites, periodically interrupted by volcanic ash fallout. (deep marine). Mudrock and shale dominant in the west/northwestern facies.
CALIBRATION = 50% up in the Sakmarian.
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:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Sakmarian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
292.02
Ending stage:
Sakmarian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.75
Ending date (Ma):
291.26
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 25 lat: -30
Compiler: