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Alluvium Tripolitania And Sirte Basin Formation
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Alluvium Tripolitania And Sirte Basin Fm base reconstruction

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: