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Edjeleh Formation

Edjeleh Fm


Period: 
Ordovician

Age Interval: 


Province: 
Northern Africa: Illizi Basin

Type Locality and Naming

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness


Lithology Pattern: 
Claystone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Upper contact

Regional extent

Illizi Basin


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 


Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Sandbian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.5

    Beginning date (Ma): 
455.46

    Ending stage: 
Katian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.7

    Ending date (Ma):  
447.47

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Rebecca Bobick (and Wen Du), modified from Klett, T.R. "Total Petroleum Systems of the Grand Erg/Ahnet Province, Algeria and Morocco - The Tanezzuft - Timimoun, Tanessuft-Ahnet, Tanezzuft-Sbaa, Tanezzuft-Mouydir, Tanezzuft-Benoud, and Tanezzuft Bechar/Abadla" Bulletin 2202-B, U.S. Geological Survey