Kohlan Sandstone Yemen Basin General Lithology Fm
Period:
Jurassic
Age Interval:
Province:
Afar-Yemen Region
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Yemen Basin General Lithology
Lithology and Thickness
Kohlan Sandstone Fm:
LITHOLOGY = Correlative to the Adigrat Sandstone, the Kholan reaches 150 m thick and changes from continental character at its base to marine near the top.
CALIBRATION = Base of the Jurassic.
REFERENCE = Bosworth, W., "The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Basins", Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005) 334-378
LITHOLOGY = Correlative to the Adigrat Sandstone, the Kholan reaches 150 m thick and changes from continental character at its base to marine near the top.
CALIBRATION = Base of the Jurassic.
REFERENCE = Bosworth, W., "The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Basins", Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005) 334-378
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Hettangian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
201.36
Ending stage:
Aalenian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.6
Ending date (Ma):
172.42
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 48 lat: 14
Compiler: