Mizdah Tripolitania And Sirte Basin Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Tripolitania And Sirte Basin
Lithology and Thickness
Mizdah Fm LITHOLOGY= Members: 1. Thala limestone, which consists of massive gypsum, marl, and marly limestone. Rich with faunal fossils, and shows a transition from lagoonal deposition to shallow neritic. 2. Mazuzah limestone, composed of crystalline limestone and dolomite with intervals of marly and chalky limestone. Fossiliferous, deposited in shallow-waer, high energy environment. CALIBRATION = 50% Up Turonian. 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:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
91.65
Ending stage:
Santonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
84.68
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 19 lat: 29
Compiler: