Lower Karoo Group
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| Lower Karoo Group | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Country | Botswana Mozambique Zambia Zimbabwe |
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.