Both these layers, but especially the tillite layer, are softer than the lower layer of Table Mountain Sandstone.
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A small patch of Pakhuis tillite occurs on the top of Table Mountain at Cape Town City Bowl and Table Bay.
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When the glacial sediments were turned into stone they formed the rocks that now make up the Fitzroy Tillite Formation in the Falklands.
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The Sturt Tillite formation was the first area in the world to provide definite evidence of Cryogenian glaciation ( the Snowball Earth ).
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The well-known Squantum Member is also known as the Squantum diamictite, Squantum Tillite, Squantum Tillite, or the Squantum Tilloid.
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It has been found at Cygnet ( Truro Tillite ), Mount Mueller, and Mount Wedge are the most south west extension of the tillite.
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It has been found at Cygnet ( Truro Tillite ), Mount Mueller, and Mount Wedge are the most south west extension of the tillite.
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The dominant geology within the site is Dwyka Tillite, a glacial conglomerate parent material that is base-rich, hard and resistant to weathering.
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As the glaciers melted, a mixture of clay and rock was left behind which eventually consolidated into a rock called Tillite the lower-most layer in the Karoo sequence.
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Originally this was topped by a thin glacial tillite layer, known as the Pakhuis Formation ( see the diagram above, left ), above which was the upper layer of Table Mountain Sandstone.
