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Devdahra Sandstone Formation
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Devdahra Sandstone Fm base reconstruction

Devdahra Sandstone Fm


Period: 
Calymmian

Age Interval: 
late Calymmian


Province: 
Proterozoic S.India Khariar Basin

Type Locality and Naming

Lowermost formation (1 of 6) of Pairi Gr


Lithology and Thickness

Conglomerate and sandstone


Lithology Pattern: 
Conglomerate


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Major unconformity on basement of granite gneiss and greenstone belts of the Bastar craton

Upper contact

Overlain by Kulharighat Fm shale

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 


Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Calymmian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.75

    Beginning date (Ma): 
1,450.00

    Ending stage: 
Calymmian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
1,400.00

Depositional setting

Braid delta, shallow marine shelf


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

From: Saha D. (Dilip), Patranabis-Deb, S., and Colllins, A.S. (2016) Proterozoic stratigraphy of southern Indian cratons and global context. In: Stratigraphy & Timescales, 1: 1-59.