Amran Limestone Yemen Basin General Lithology Fm
Period:
Jurassic
Age Interval:
Province:
Afar-Yemen Region
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Yemen Basin General Lithology
Lithology and Thickness
Amran Limestone Fm:
LITHOLOGY = consists of 410–520 m of massive platformal limestone with interbedded shale
CALIBRATION = 5% up in the Tithonian-Bathonian.
REFERENCE = Bosworth, W., "The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Basins", Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005) 334-378
LITHOLOGY = consists of 410–520 m of massive platformal limestone with interbedded shale
CALIBRATION = 5% up in the Tithonian-Bathonian.
REFERENCE = Bosworth, W., "The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Basins", Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005) 334-378
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Bathonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.43
Beginning date (Ma):
166.92
Ending stage:
Tithonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.59
Ending date (Ma):
145.61
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 48 lat: 14
Compiler: