Nubia Sandstone Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Province:
Northern Africa: Upper Egypt basin
Type Locality and Naming
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Widely distributed quartzose sandstone, progressively becomes younger to the South. Associated volcanic rocks. Base of unit marked by shales, marls, variegated sandstones and limestones which extend widely across Sinai and the Northern Eastern desert. Weathers brown.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
Upper Egypt basin
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
100.50
Ending stage:
Campanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.33
Ending date (Ma):
79.86
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Rebecca Bobick (and Wen Du), modified from Said, R. The Geology of Egypt, 1962 pg. 19-20, 138.