Lower Karoo Group

Lower Karoo Group
Stratigraphic range: Late Carboniferous-Permian
Opencast coal mine in Upper Karoo sequence at Sengwa, Gokwe North District, Zimbabwe)
TypeGeological group
Unit ofKaroo Supergroup
UnderliesUpper Karoo Group
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherCoal, 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.