Gassi Touil Fm
Period:
Triassic
Age Interval:
Province:
Northern Africa: Trias/Ghadames basin
Type Locality and Naming
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Argilo-Greseux Superior (Gassi Touil)
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Oulad Nsir Fm (conformable)
Upper contact
Saliferous Units Fm (conformable)
Regional extent
Trias/Ghadames basin
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Norian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.33
Beginning date (Ma):
220.19
Ending stage:
Hettangian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0
Ending date (Ma):
201.36
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