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The greater diversity of this brachiopod assemblage suggests somewhat deeper
water than the Weltevrede Formation assemblage , probably subtidal . The
sedimentary facies of the Wagen Drift Formation are interpreted as having formed
in a ...
The greater diversity of this brachiopod assemblage suggests somewhat deeper
water than the Weltevrede Formation assemblage , probably subtidal . The
sedimentary facies of the Wagen Drift Formation are interpreted as having formed
in a ...
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The lowest sandstones were probably deposited by wash - over processes into
the. Fig . 4. Top of an upward - coursening sequence in the Weltevrede
Formation , Howison's Poort . Fig . 5. Thin upward - fining sequence near the. 220
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The lowest sandstones were probably deposited by wash - over processes into
the. Fig . 4. Top of an upward - coursening sequence in the Weltevrede
Formation , Howison's Poort . Fig . 5. Thin upward - fining sequence near the. 220
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These probably formed in stagnant back - barrier lagoonal or marsh
environments ( Fig . 6 ) . A similar detailed facies analysis is not available for the
lower part of the Witteberg Group in the Western Cape but Theron ( 1970 ) stated
that the ...
These probably formed in stagnant back - barrier lagoonal or marsh
environments ( Fig . 6 ) . A similar detailed facies analysis is not available for the
lower part of the Witteberg Group in the Western Cape but Theron ( 1970 ) stated
that the ...
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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