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Karoo Supergroup

The Karoo Supergroup is the most widespread stratigraphic unit in Africa south of the Kalahari Desert. The supergroup consists of a sequence of units, mostly of nonmarine origin, deposited between the Late Carboniferous and Early Jurassic, a period of about 120 million years.

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Karoo Supergroup

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related to Further reading · 32
Karoo Supergroup → African Invertebrates, Alexandr, Archived, Beattie, Cite, CiteSeerX, Coleoptera, CS1, Dwyka, Ecca Group, Insecta, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Late Palaeozoic Mesosaurus Inland, Late Permian, Lopingian, Mario, Mike, Mostovski, Namibia, New
related to The Dwyka group · 23
Karoo Supergroup → About, Africa, Barkly West, Cape Fold Mountain, Cape Fold Mountains, Continental Drift, Dwyka Group, Further, Gondwana, In South Africa, India, It, Karoo, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape, South America, South Pole, Southern Africa, Such, The
related to The Ecca group · 23
Karoo Supergroup → Although, As Gondwana, Black Sea, Brazil, Cape Fold Mountains, Ecca, Ecca Group, Glossopteris, Gondwana, Highveld, It, Karoo Sea, KwaZulu-Natal, Mesosaurus, Permian Karoo Sea, Rivers, South Africa, South Pole, Southern Africa, The
related to Origins of sediment deposition · 21
Karoo Supergroup → About, Africa, After, An, Australia, Cape Supergroup, Carboniferous, Closure, Early Permian, Eastern Antarctica, Falkland Mountains, Falkland Plateau, Falkland-Cape Supergroup, Gondwana, Karoo Sea, Pacific Plate, Sedimentation, South America, Southern Africa, Southern Gondwana
related to The Karoo supergroup elsewhere in Africa · 19
Karoo Supergroup → Angwa Sandstone Formation, Batoka, Cabora Bassa Basins, Dwyka, Escarpment Grit, Forest Sandstone Formation, Hwange, In Zambia, Limpopo, Lower Karoo Group, Madumabisa Mudstone, Mana Pools, Mid-Zambezi, Mozambique, Pebbly Arkose Formation, Siankondobo, Upper Karoo Group, Zambia, Zimbabwe
related to Drakensberg and Lebombo groups · 14
Karoo Supergroup → About, African, Bouvet, Clarens, Drakensberg, Drakensberg Group, Gondwana, Great Escarpment, Karoo, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Southern Africa, The, This
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Karoo Supergroup → Great Karoo in South Africa, most widespread stratigraphic unit in Africa south of the Kalahari Desert

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africa karoo south supergroup southern group deposits formation gondwana cape sea beaufort mountains rocks found north thick sediments ecca lava

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Karoo Supergroupis amost widespread stratigraphic unit in Africa south of the Kalahari Desert0.90text
Karoo Supergroupis aGreat Karoo in South Africa0.90text
Mesosaurus are found in these Ecca depositsinstance ofseveral early reptiles0.80text
Karoo Supergrouprelated to Drakensberg and Lebombo groupsAbout0.60section
Karoo Supergrouprelated to Drakensberg and Lebombo groupsAfrican0.60section
Karoo Supergrouprelated to Drakensberg and Lebombo groupsGondwana0.60section
Karoo Supergrouprelated to Drakensberg and Lebombo groupsBouvet0.60section
Karoo Supergrouprelated to Drakensberg and Lebombo groupsClarens0.60section
Karoo Supergrouprelated to Drakensberg and Lebombo groupsSouthern Africa0.60section
Karoo Supergrouprelated to Drakensberg and Lebombo groupsThe0.60section
Karoo Supergrouprelated to Drakensberg and Lebombo groupsLesotho0.60section
Karoo Supergrouprelated to Drakensberg and Lebombo groupsThis0.60section

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