Pebbly Arkose Formation
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The Pebbly Arkose Formation is a Late Triassic geologic formation found in southern Africa.
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Pebbly Arkose | |
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Stratigraphic range: Carnian ~235–222 Ma | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Upper Karoo Group, Karoo Supergroup |
Underlies | Forest Sandstone |
Overlies | Escarpment Grit & Angwa Sandstone |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 16.2°S 30.3°E / -16.2; 30.3 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 50.8°S 11.9°E / -50.8; 11.9 |
Region | Mashonaland Central & West |
Country | Botswana Zambia Zimbabwe |
Type section | |
Named for | Descriptive name |
Named by | A.M. MacGregor, Zimbabwe Geological Survey |
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