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Opuama Formation

Opuama Fm


Period: 
Paleogene, Neogene

Age Interval: 


Province: 
Western Africa: Niger Delta

Type Locality and Naming

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Channel complex

[Figure: Stratigraphic data sheet (west and east halves combined) of the Niger Delta.]


Lithology Pattern: 
clayey sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Upper contact

Could be the upper part of the Agbada Gr (offshore direction) or Benin Gr (onshore direction).

Regional extent

Niger Delta. The geo-josn is left empty on purpose because this channel complex formation seems to be local and doesn’t last long in age span.


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 


Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Rupelian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
33.90

    Ending stage: 
Langhian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0

    Ending date (Ma):  
15.99

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Rebecca Bobick (and Wen Du), modified from Reijers, T.J.A., "stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Niger Delta", Geologos, 2011, 17(3): 133-162