Dimbabah Fezzan Basin Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Fezzan Basin
Lithology and Thickness
Dimbabah Fm LITHOLOGY= Represents the last of the Carboniferous marine formations in Libya. Lower unit of gypsiferous slaystone with minor siltstone and thinly bedded argillaceous limestone. The upper unit is composed of dolomites with claystones and siltstones. Deposited in a shallow basin, which was occasionally subject to evaporation. CALIBRATION = Base of Muscovian. 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:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Moscovian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
315.15
Ending stage:
Asselian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0
Ending date (Ma):
298.89
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 15 lat: 28
Compiler: