Manuherikia Group
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The Manuherikia Group is a fluvial-lacustrine sedimentary fill in the Central Otago area of New Zealand, at the site of the prehistoric Lake Manuherikia. The area consists of a valley and ridge topography, with a series of schist-greywacke mountains at roughly ninety degrees to each other. The Manuherika Group occurs in the current basins, and occasionally on the mountains themselves.
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Manuherikia Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Early-Middle Miocene | |
Type | Group |
Sub-units | Dunstan & Bannockburn Formations |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, shale |
Other | Coal |
Location | |
Location | South Island |
Coordinates | 44.9°S 169.8°E / -44.9; 169.8 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 49.7°S 179.6°W / -49.7; -179.6 |
Region | Central Otago |
Country | New Zealand |
Extent | >5,600 km2 (2,200 sq mi) |
Type section | |
Named for | Lake Manuherikia |
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