Middle Ecca Series

geology

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Carboniferous stratigraphy of Africa

  • A map of the continent of Africa, including its countries, boundaries, and capital cities. It also shows parts of Europe and Asia and surrounding bodies of water, including the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean.
    In Africa: The Paleozoic Era

    …[300 metres] of shales), the Middle Ecca (some 1,650 feet [500 metres] of sandstone, seams of coal, and fossilized plants), and the Upper Ecca (about 650 feet [200 metres] of shales again).

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