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... siltstones and sandstones arranged in a number of thin upward - fining cycles
and displaying flaser , lenticular and wavy bedding . This sequence rests on lithic
arenites at the top of an upward - coarsening unit and is overlain by thick cross ...
... siltstones and sandstones arranged in a number of thin upward - fining cycles
and displaying flaser , lenticular and wavy bedding . This sequence rests on lithic
arenites at the top of an upward - coarsening unit and is overlain by thick cross ...
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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 the Touws ...
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 the Touws ...
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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 unit
comprising ...
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 unit
comprising ...
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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