Zaafarana Wardan Egypt Gulf Of Suez Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Province:
Egypt
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Egypt Gulf Of Suez
Lithology and Thickness
Zaafarana Wardan Fm LITHOLOGY= Limestones, oolitic limestones, chalk, anhydrite: shale, massively bedded limestone, marly chalk, oolitic limestones, coarse clastic interbeds. CALIBRATION = 40% up in the Pliocene; drawn as a transgression at the base.. REFERENCE =
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Zanclean
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.64
Beginning date (Ma):
4.23
Ending stage:
Calabrian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.24
Ending date (Ma):
1.55
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
long: 34 lat: 28
Compiler: