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This sequence rests on lithic arenites at the top of an upward - coarsening unit and is overlain by thick cross - bedded quartz arenites of the Witpoort Formation . The top part of the Weltevrede Formation is interpreted as having ...
This sequence rests on lithic arenites at the top of an upward - coarsening unit and is overlain by thick cross - bedded quartz arenites of the Witpoort Formation . The top part of the Weltevrede Formation is interpreted as having ...
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STRATIGRAPHY In the Western Cape , the Wagen Drift Formation is the lowest unit of the Witteberg Group ( Fig . 2 ) . It consists essentially of siltstone and shale with interbedded sandstones . Hiller & Dunlevey ( 1978 ) , working in ...
STRATIGRAPHY In the Western Cape , the Wagen Drift Formation is the lowest unit of the Witteberg Group ( Fig . 2 ) . It consists essentially of siltstone and shale with interbedded sandstones . Hiller & Dunlevey ( 1978 ) , working in ...
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Overlying the Wagen Drift Formation is the Blinkberg Formation , an extremely mature quartz arenite unit , which contains some plant fossils . This in turn , is overlain by the Swartruggens Formation , a relatively thick heterolithic ...
Overlying the Wagen Drift Formation is the Blinkberg Formation , an extremely mature quartz arenite unit , which contains some plant fossils . This in turn , is overlain by the Swartruggens Formation , a relatively thick heterolithic ...
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abbreviated according articulate brachiopods association author's name authors Barwis bedding benthic assemblages 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 feeders figures gastropod given homalonotid Howison's Poort illustrations inarticulate indicate infaunal interpreted intertidal italics known letters Lingula localities lower major marine marine invertebrates mark Member Middle mould Museum Natural History nearshore Note occur original placed plant fossils Plectonotus possible 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 Tropidoleptus sp unit upper valve Wagen Drift Formation Weltevrede Formation Western Cape Witpoort Formation Witteberg Group yielded Zoophycos