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African sequence

geology
Also known as: Moorland sequence
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  • Figure 1: Planation surface cut across dipping Paleozoic sandstone in the James Range, central Australia.
    planation surface

    A younger surface, called the African or Moorland, developed during the Late Cretaceous and Early Cenozoic by the stripping of weathered materials from the ancient Gondwana surfaces. Younger surfaces developed during the Neogene and Pleistocene (about 23 million to 11,700 years ago) as incomplete planation at levels below the remnants…

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    A younger surface, called the African or Moorland, developed during the Late Cretaceous and Early Cenozoic by the stripping of weathered materials from the ancient Gondwana surfaces. Younger surfaces developed during the Neogene and Pleistocene (about 23 million to 11,700 years ago) as incomplete planation at levels below the remnants…

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