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Above this level the sandstones are cleaner , slightly coarser grained , greyish
quartz arenites displaying planar and trough cross - bedding and horizontal
lamination . The lowest sandstones were probably deposited by wash - over
processes ...
Above this level the sandstones are cleaner , slightly coarser grained , greyish
quartz arenites displaying planar and trough cross - bedding and horizontal
lamination . The lowest sandstones were probably deposited by wash - over
processes ...
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... gave a Givetian age for the Wagen Drift Formation and a Frasnian age for the
top part of the Weltevrede Formation . This slight age difference is unimportant in
explaining the differences in the fauna between the localities described here .
... gave a Givetian age for the Wagen Drift Formation and a Frasnian age for the
top part of the Weltevrede Formation . This slight age difference is unimportant in
explaining the differences in the fauna between the localities described here .
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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