Witteburg Gr
Period:
Devonian, Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Middle Devonian – Late Mississippian
Province:
Karoo Basin
Lithology and Thickness
The Witporrt Fm includes a 140–850 m sheet of mature sandstones
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Givetian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.9
Beginning date (Ma):
379.54
Ending stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.3
Ending date (Ma):
328.26
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Rebecca Bobick (and Wen Du), modified from Tankard, A., "Tectonic evolution of the Cape and Karoo basins of South Africa", Marine and Petroleum Geology 26 (2009) 1379–1412