Cape Melville Formation

Geology

Group: Moby Dick

Members: unnamed (6), Cambrian Erratics (2)

Lithologies: mudstone (4), "shale" (1), siltstone (1), sandstone (1), wackestone (1), "limestone" (2)

Paleoenvironments: marine indet. (1), carbonate indet. (2), offshore (5)

Age range: base of the Lenian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 516.00000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Antarctica (South Shetland Islands) (49691)
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Antarctica (South Shetland Islands) (49692)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Antarctica (75590 75591 75592 75593 85346 99653)