Imo shale Fm
Period:
Cretaceous, Paleogene
Age Interval:
Province:
Western Africa: Niger Delta
Type Locality and Naming
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Marine shale
[Figure: Stratigraphic data sheet (west and east halves combined) of the Niger Delta.]
Lithology Pattern:
claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Not mentioned.
Upper contact
Regional extent
Niger Delta
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
72.17
Ending stage:
Ypresian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0
Ending date (Ma):
56.00
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Rebecca Bobick (and Wen Du), modified from Reijers, T.J.A., "stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Niger Delta", Geologos, 2011, 17(3): 133-162