Yemen Volcanic Yemen Basin General Lithology Gr
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Province:
Afar-Yemen Region
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Yemen Basin General Lithology
Lithology and Thickness
Yemen Volcanic Gr:
LITHOLOGY = the Yemeni Volcanic Group, produced >3 km section of basaltic to bimodal volcanism (Moseley, 1969) in a short interval between ~31 Ma and ~29 Ma
CALIBRATION = 33% up in the Oligocene.
REFERENCE = Bosworth, W., "The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Basins", Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005) 334-378
LITHOLOGY = the Yemeni Volcanic Group, produced >3 km section of basaltic to bimodal volcanism (Moseley, 1969) in a short interval between ~31 Ma and ~29 Ma
CALIBRATION = 33% up in the Oligocene.
REFERENCE = Bosworth, W., "The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Basins", Journal of African Earth Sciences 43 (2005) 334-378
Lithology Pattern:
Volcanics
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Rupelian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.54
Beginning date (Ma):
30.32
Ending stage:
Serravallian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.64
Ending date (Ma):
12.42
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 48 lat: 14
Compiler: