Adigrat Sandstone Afar Basin General Lithology Fm
Period:
Jurassic
Age Interval:
Province:
Afar-Yemen Region
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Afar Basin General Lithology
Lithology and Thickness
Adigrat Sandstone Fm:
LITHOLOGY = The Adigrat Sandstone comprises of fluvial, deltaic, and marginal marine sandstones and conglomerates that attain a thickness of 1600 m.
CALIBRATION = Base of the Jurassic.
REFERENCE = Bosworth, W., "The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Basins", Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005) 334-378
LITHOLOGY = The Adigrat Sandstone comprises of fluvial, deltaic, and marginal marine sandstones and conglomerates that attain a thickness of 1600 m.
CALIBRATION = Base of the Jurassic.
REFERENCE = Bosworth, W., "The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Basins", Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005) 334-378
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Hettangian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
201.36
Ending stage:
Bathonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0
Ending date (Ma):
168.17
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 42 lat: 13
Compiler: