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Basal Sandstone South Gabon Subbasin Central Formation
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Basal Sandstone South Gabon Subbasin Central Fm base reconstruction

Basal Sandstone South Gabon Subbasin Central Fm


Period: 
Cretaceous

Age Interval: 

Province: 
Gabon General lithology

Type Locality and Naming

Column: South Gabon Subbasin Central

Lithology and Thickness

Basal Sandstone Fm:
THICKNESS = 400mCALIBRATION = 4% up in the Neocomian.
REFERENCE = U.S. Geological Survey "Geology and Total Petroleum Systems of the West-Central Coastal Province (7203), West Africa" Bulleton 2207-B

Lithology Pattern: 
Sandstone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Upper contact

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 


Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Berriasian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.12

    Beginning date (Ma): 
142.44

    Ending stage: 
Berriasian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.98

    Ending date (Ma):  
137.79

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  

Additional Information

long: 8.5 lat: -2.5

Compiler: