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El Adeb Larache Formation
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El Adeb Larache Fm base reconstruction

El Adeb Larache Fm


Period: 
Carboniferous

Age Interval: 


Province: 
Northern Africa: Trias/Ghadames basin

Type Locality and Naming

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

No given data


Lithology Pattern: 
Limestone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Oubarakat Fm (conformable)

Upper contact

Tiguentourine Fm (conformable)

Regional extent

Trias basin


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: 
Gzhelian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0

    Ending date (Ma):  
303.68

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