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STRATIGRAPHY In the Western Cape , the Wagen Drift Formation is the lowest
unit of the Witteberg Group ( Fig . 2 ) . ... The Byenest Krans Member WESTERN
CAPE EASTERN CAPE WITPOORT FORMATION WITPOORT FORMATION ...
STRATIGRAPHY In the Western Cape , the Wagen Drift Formation is the lowest
unit of the Witteberg Group ( Fig . 2 ) . ... The Byenest Krans Member WESTERN
CAPE EASTERN CAPE WITPOORT FORMATION WITPOORT FORMATION ...
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The top of the Weltevrede Subgroup is occupied by the Witpoort Formation , a
thick sequence of white - weathering quartz arenites with thin shale partings and
containing plant fossils . In the Eastern Cape the lateral equivalent of the Wagen
...
The top of the Weltevrede Subgroup is occupied by the Witpoort Formation , a
thick sequence of white - weathering quartz arenites with thin shale partings and
containing plant fossils . In the Eastern Cape the lateral equivalent of the Wagen
...
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The change - over from the Weltevrede Formation to the Witpoort Formation is
thought to mark a major change in shoreline configuration from a lobate or
arcuate deltaic shoreline to a linear barrier - beach shoreline ( Johnson 1976 ) .
The change - over from the Weltevrede Formation to the Witpoort Formation is
thought to mark a major change in shoreline configuration from a lobate or
arcuate deltaic shoreline to a linear barrier - beach shoreline ( Johnson 1976 ) .
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abbreviated according AFRICA articulate brachiopods association author's name authors basal bedding benthic assemblages BENTHIC COMMUNITIES bivalves Blinkberg Bokkeveld Group Boucot capital collected communities consists containing cycles delta deposited described Devonian Devonian rocks differences DISTRIBUTARY diversity dominated Eastern environment environmental fauna figures gastropod homalonotid Howison's Poort illustrations inarticulate indicate infaunal interpreted intertidal Islands italics known letters Lingula localities lower major marine marine invertebrates mark Member Middle mould Museum Natural History nearshore Note occur original parentheses placed plant fossils Plectonotus punctuation quartz arenites range recorded references represent reworking salinity sandstones scientific sediment SEDIMENTARY FACIES separates sequence shales shallow siltstone similar Smith South African species specimens Stratigraphic subtidal suggest Tables Tankard thick thin Touws River trace fossils trilobite unit upper valve Wagen Drift Formation Weltevrede Formation Western Cape Witpoort Formation Witteberg Group yielded Zoophycos
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| Title | Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum Volume 99, Issue 7 of Annals of the South African Museum, South African Museum |
| Author | South African Museum |
| Publisher | West, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2016 |
| ISBN | 086813113X, 9780868131139 |
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