Home Multi-Country Search About Admin Login
Cenozoic

Search by
Select Region(s) to search
Hold Ctrl (Windows/Linux) or Command (Mac) to select multiple
Panchino Cyrenaica Basin Formation
Click to display on map of the Ancient World at:
Panchino Cyrenaica Basin Fm base reconstruction

Panchino Cyrenaica Basin Fm


Period: 
Quaternary

Age Interval: 

Province: 
Libya

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Cyrenaica Basin

Lithology and Thickness

Panchino Fm LITHOLOGY= USGS Chart places this chalky sandstone formation at the base of the Ris Wurmian stage, mid-Pleistocene CALIBRATION = Base of the Middle 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: 
Sandy limestone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Upper contact

Regional extent


GeoJSON

{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"MultiPolygon","coordinates":[[[[24,28],[23,27],[24,26],[25,27],[24,28]]]]}}

Fossils


Age 


Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Chibanian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.01

    Beginning date (Ma): 
0.77

    Ending stage: 
Chibanian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1

    Ending date (Ma):  
0.13

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  

Additional Information

long: 24 lat: 27

Compiler: