Not Named Cyrenaica Basin Alluvium
Period:
Quaternary
Age Interval:
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Cyrenaica Basin
Lithology and Thickness
Not named Alluvium LITHOLOGY= USGS chart places this alluvial sandstone deposit at the base of the Wurmian Stage, late Pleistocene. CALIBRATION = Base of Late Pleistocene. 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:
Clayey sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Chibanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
1
Beginning date (Ma):
0.13
Ending stage:
Holocene
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.15
Ending date (Ma):
0.01
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 24 lat: 27
Compiler: