Abu Zenima Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Chattian, Eg1
Province:
Egypt Gulf of Suez
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Egypt Gulf of Suez
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Pelagic, brownish, argillaceous, bituminous limestone, may grade to marl. Commonly cherty. Limestones are dolomitized.
Lithology Pattern:
Volcanics
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Thebes Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Lower Nukhul Mbr Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Chattian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Chattian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
27.29
Ending stage:
Chattian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.55
Ending date (Ma):
24.95
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13. no. 4. Schütz, 1994, Pg 92