Assedjefar Fezzan Basin Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Fezzan Basin
Lithology and Thickness
Assedjefar Fm LITHOLOGY= USGS Chart places this unit at the base of the Namurian, base of the Pennsylvanian. Incomplete and truncated cycles of shaley limestones, siltstones, and cross-bedded sandstones with occasional conglomeratic intervals. Fossiliferous, containing faunal remnants of brachiopods, pelecypods, coral, and foramanifera. CALIBRATION = Base of Early Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian). 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:
Sandy claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
323.40
Ending stage:
Moscovian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0
Ending date (Ma):
315.15
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 15 lat: 28
Compiler: