A terrestrial conglomerate of Cretaceous Age - A new record from the Skeleton Coast, Namib Desert
The post-Gondwana succession in the South West African/Namibian sector of the Namib Desert is poorly dated. The earliest known onshore sediments are the marine Wanderfeld IV beds of Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) age near Bogenfels in the Southern Namib (Klinger, 1977; SACS, 1980; Dingle et al., 1983, p. 226). This note documents a new find of a terrestrial conglomerate of Cretaceous age approximately 20 km north-east of Terrace Bay on the Skeleton Coast (Fig. 1). These deposits have considerable implications for an understanding of the break-up history of West Gondwana. The conglomerate was first noted in November 1982 by JDW and subsequently visited by both authors in August 1985.
Communications of the Geological Survey of South West Africa/Namibia
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