Enon Formation
Jurassic-Cretaceous geological formation in the Uitenhage Group of South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Enon Formation is a geological formation found in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces in South Africa. It is the lowermost of the four formations found within the Uitenhage Group of the Algoa Basin, its type locality, where it has been measured at a maximum thickness of 480 metres (1,570 ft). Discontinuous outcrops are also found in the Worcester-Pletmos and Oudshoorn-Gamtoos Basins, including isolated occurrences in the Haasvlakte, Jubilee, and Soutpansvlakte Basins near the small town Bredasdorp.[1]
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Enon Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Uitenhage Group |
Underlies | Kirkwood Formation |
Overlies | Cape Fold Belt, Suurberg Group (northern Algoa Basin) |
Thickness | up to 480 m (1,570 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Conglomerate |
Other | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 33.6°S 22.2°E / -33.6; 22.2 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 44.1°S 13.8°W / -44.1; -13.8 |
Region | Eastern and Western Cape |
Country | South Africa |
Type section | |
Location | Enon settlement (former mission station, east of Kirkwood), Eastern Cape |
Map showing extent of the Enon Formation (purple) in the Algoa and Gamtoos Basins |
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