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... transgressive conditions produced barrier islands that migrated landwards
over the tidal - fiat facies . The Witpoort Formation consists mostly of mature
sandstones . In the basal 10–12 m these are brownish in colour , fine to medium
grained ...
... transgressive conditions produced barrier islands that migrated landwards
over the tidal - fiat facies . The Witpoort Formation consists mostly of mature
sandstones . In the basal 10–12 m these are brownish in colour , fine to medium
grained ...
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Reinson ( 1984 ) has noted that wash - over is one of the main processes by
which barrier islands migrate landward and that scouring associated with wash -
over is responsible for the initiation of new tidal inlets . The clean quartz arenites
that ...
Reinson ( 1984 ) has noted that wash - over is one of the main processes by
which barrier islands migrate landward and that scouring associated with wash -
over is responsible for the initiation of new tidal inlets . The clean quartz arenites
that ...
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These probably formed in stagnant back - barrier lagoonal or marsh
environments ( Fig . 6 ) . A similar ... The first of these is well known from the
Bokkeveld Group and its Falkland Islands and South American correlatives . The
bivalves are too ...
These probably formed in stagnant back - barrier lagoonal or marsh
environments ( Fig . 6 ) . A similar ... The first of these is well known from the
Bokkeveld Group and its Falkland Islands and South American correlatives . The
bivalves are too ...
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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