Memouiat Fezzan Basin Fm
Period:
Ordovician
Age Interval:
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Fezzan Basin
Lithology and Thickness
Memouiat Fm LITHOLOGY= USGS Chart places this formation at the base of the Ashgillian and Caradocian stage, upper Ordovician. Sandstone. CALIBRATION = Base of Katian. 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:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Katian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
452.75
Ending stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0
Ending date (Ma):
443.07
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 15 lat: 28
Compiler: