Continental Posttassilian Cyrenaica Basin Gr
Period:
Permian
Age Interval:
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Cyrenaica Basin
Lithology and Thickness
Continental Post-Tassilian Gr LITHOLOGY= Alternating beds of claystones and shales, sandstones, and conglomerate. CALIBRATION = Base of Permian (Asselian). 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:
Coarse-grained sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Asselian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
298.89
Ending stage:
Valanginian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0
Ending date (Ma):
137.70
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 24 lat: 27
Compiler: