Manuherikia Group
| Manuherikia Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early-Middle Miocene | |
Bannockburn Formation at Galloway | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Dunstan & Bannockburn Formations |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, shale |
| Other | Coal |
| Location | |
| Location | South Island |
| Coordinates | 44°54′S 169°48′E / 44.9°S 169.8°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 49°42′S 179°36′W / 49.7°S 179.6°W |
| Region | Central Otago |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Extent | >5,600 km2 (2,200 sq mi) |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Lake Manuherikia |
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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.