Pebbly Arkose Formation


The Pebbly Arkose Formation is a Late Triassic geologic formation found in southern Africa.

Geology

Description

The formation comprises mainly coarse, arkosic sandstones.

Extent

The Pebbly Arkose Formation is found in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe, in the Mid-Zambezi, Mana Pools, Cabora Bassa and Limpopo basins.

Deposition

Age

Stratigraphy

The Pebbly Arkose Formation is part of the Upper Karoo Group, overlies the Escarpment formation and the Angwa Sandstone Formation and underlies the Forest Sandstone Formation.
The Pebbly Arkose has been correlated to the Elliot Formation of the Great Karroo Basin, South Africa and the Mpandi Formation of the Thuli Basin in Botswana and Zimbabwe.

Fossils

Flora

Vertebrate fauna