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Fortino Tripolitania And Sirte Basin Formation
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Fortino Tripolitania And Sirte Basin Fm base reconstruction

Fortino Tripolitania And Sirte Basin Fm


Period: 
Neogene

Age Interval: 

Province: 
Libya

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Tripolitania And Sirte Basin

Lithology and Thickness

Fortino Fm LITHOLOGY= Sandy limestone unit. CALIBRATION = Base of the Aquitanian. 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: 
Sandy limestone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Upper contact

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 


Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Aquitanian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
23.04

    Ending stage: 
Langhian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0

    Ending date (Ma):  
15.99

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  

Additional Information

long: 19 lat: 29

Compiler: