Apollonia Cyrenaica Basin Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Cyrenaica Basin
Lithology and Thickness
Apollonia Fm LITHOLOGY= Originally known as "Tocra Limestone," this bed consists of Finely crystalline limestone, chalky and siliceous, with chert nodules and faunal fossils. Modest potential as petroleum source rock. Deposited as open-marine, deep platform, and agrillaceous slope micrites. CALIBRATION = 50% up in Ypresian. 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:
Siliceous limestone
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:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
52.04
Ending stage:
Lutetian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
44.55
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 24 lat: 27
Compiler: