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Basal Shamvaian unit

Grid Ref (WGS84 Lat/Long in decimal degrees)

-17.265300, 31.603400
Location: 
Approximately 10km off the main Shamva-Madziwa road
Stratigraphy: 
Shamvaian Supergroup
Description: 

Speactacular outcrop of the basal Shamvaian conglomerate showing pressure dissolution structures as well as well-preserved cross-stratifications.

On the same outcrop, a 1m-wide porphyry cross-cuts the Shamvaian sandstone/siltstone unit

Permission: 
Public road
Author Credit: 
Houda Bouammar (Field guide by Dr H. Jelsma
Contributed: 
19/05/2019
Updated: 
19/05/2019