Alluvium Tripolitania And Sirte Basin Fm
Period:
Quaternary
Age Interval:
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Tripolitania And Sirte Basin
Lithology and Thickness
Alluvium Fm LITHOLOGY= USGS Chart places base of this formation in the "Wurmian" stage of the late Pleistocene. Formation consists of sandstone. CALIBRATION = Late Pleistocene. REFERENCE = Chart derived from: USGS Correlation Chart and Columnar Section for Rocks in Libya, 1963. Descriptions from: Hallet, Don: Petroleum Geology of Libya, 2002.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Chibanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.01
Beginning date (Ma):
0.77
Ending stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.97
Ending date (Ma):
251.98
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 19 lat: 29
Compiler: