Manuherikia Group

Manuherikia Group
Stratigraphic range: Early-Middle Miocene
Bannockburn Formation at Galloway
TypeGroup
Sub-unitsDunstan & Bannockburn Formations
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, shale
OtherCoal
Location
LocationSouth Island
Coordinates44°54′S 169°48′E / 44.9°S 169.8°E / -44.9; 169.8
Approximate paleocoordinates49°42′S 179°36′W / 49.7°S 179.6°W / -49.7; -179.6
RegionCentral Otago
CountryNew Zealand
Extent>5,600 km2 (2,200 sq mi)
Type section
Named forLake Manuherikia
Manuherikia Group is located in New Zealand
Manuherikia Group
Manuherikia Group (New Zealand)

The Manuherikia Group is a fluvial-lacustrine sedimentary fill in the Central Otago area of New Zealand, at the site of the prehistoric Lake Manuherikia. The area consists of a valley and ridge topography, with a series of schist-greywacke mountains at roughly ninety degrees to each other. The Manuherika Group occurs in the current basins, and occasionally on the mountains themselves.