Afar Traps Afar Basin General Lithology Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Province:
Afar-Yemen Region
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Afar Basin General Lithology
Lithology and Thickness
Afar Traps Fm:
CALIBRATION = 35% up in the Eocene.
REFERENCE = Bosworth, W., "The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Basins", Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005) 334-378
CALIBRATION = 35% up in the Eocene.
REFERENCE = Bosworth, W., "The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Basins", Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005) 334-378
Lithology Pattern:
Volcanics
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Ypresian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.97
Beginning date (Ma):
48.27
Ending stage:
Holocene
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1
Ending date (Ma):
0.00
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 42 lat: 13
Compiler: