Lower Karoo Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Carboniferous-Permian | |
![]() Opencast coal mine in Upper Karoo sequence at Sengwa, Gokwe North District, Zimbabwe) | |
Type | Geological group |
Unit of | Karoo Supergroup |
Underlies | Upper Karoo Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Coal, tillite, siltstone, mudstone |
Location | |
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The Lower Karoo Group is a sequence of late Carboniferous and Permian sandstone sedimentary rocks of the Karoo Supergroup, found in Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.