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Kikla And Cabao Tripolitania And Sirte Basin Formation
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Kikla And Cabao Tripolitania And Sirte Basin Fm base reconstruction

Kikla And Cabao Tripolitania And Sirte Basin Fm


Period: 
Cretaceous

Age Interval: 

Province: 
Libya

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Tripolitania And Sirte Basin

Lithology and Thickness

Kikla and Cabao Fm LITHOLOGY= Also spelled "Chicla" and "Kabaw" formations, this unit has been redefined to include the underlying Chameau Mort Sandstone and a Giosc Shale unit, due to much controversy over an unconformity below the Sidi as Sid formation. Composed of mudstone, sandstones, and conglomerates which were most likely deposited in a braided river system carrying high sediment loads. Cross-bedding is common. Poorly cemented. CALIBRATION = Base of Berrasian. 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: 
Coarse-grained sandstone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Upper contact

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 


Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Berriasian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
143.10

    Ending stage: 
Cenomanian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0

    Ending date (Ma):  
100.50

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  

Additional Information

long: 19 lat: 29

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