Fuehat Cyrenaica Basin Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Cyrenaica Basin
Lithology and Thickness
Fuehat Fm LITHOLOGY= Beds of sandy limestone overlain by limestone. CALIBRATION = Base of Tortonian. 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:
Serravallian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
1
Beginning date (Ma):
11.63
Ending stage:
Tortonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
9.44
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 24 lat: 27
Compiler: