Benguie Gabon Basin Interior Subbasin East Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Province:
Gabon General lithology
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Gabon Basin Interior Subbasin East
Lithology and Thickness
Benguie Fm:
CALIBRATION = 82% up in the Barremian.
REFERENCE = Figure 10, U.S. Geological Survey "Geology and Total Petroleum Systems of the West-Central Coastal Province (7203), West Africa" Bulleton 2207-B
CALIBRATION = 82% up in the Barremian.
REFERENCE = Figure 10, U.S. Geological Survey "Geology and Total Petroleum Systems of the West-Central Coastal Province (7203), West Africa" Bulleton 2207-B
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Barremian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.6
Beginning date (Ma):
123.44
Ending stage:
Aptian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.04
Ending date (Ma):
121.07
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 9.2 lat: -1
Compiler: