Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of tabular sandstones in the Beaufort Group of the Karoo Basin, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorLe Roux J.P.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:00:36Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:00:36Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.description.abstractThe Klipbankskraal sandstone probably represents a low-sinuosity braided river, as indicated by the low palaeocurrent dispersion, dominance of upper flow-regime plane beds, poorly developed Markov cyclicity, and three-dimensional lithofacies trends. It differs in many respects from the Banksgaten sandstone, for which a high-sinuosity, multichannel (anastomosing?) system is indicated by palaeocurrent data, dominantly lower flow-regime sedimentary structures, strongly developed Markov property, and evidence for point bar sedimentation. The Mooifontein sandstone has a distinctly coarsening-upward basal section and fan-shaped distributary system, suggesting deposition in a lacustrine delta. -from Author
dc.identifier.citationSouth African Journal of Geology
dc.identifier.citation95
dc.identifier.citation06-May
dc.identifier.issn10120750
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/11780
dc.subjectAdelaide Subgroup
dc.subjectBeaufort Group
dc.subjectbraided river
dc.subjectMarkov cyclicity
dc.subjectpalaeoenvironment
dc.subjectsandstone
dc.subjectSouth Africa, Karoo
dc.titlePalaeoenvironmental interpretation of tabular sandstones in the Beaufort Group of the Karoo Basin, South Africa
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