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Al Hamra Gr

Al Hamra Gr


Period: 
Cretaceous

Age Interval: 
Berriasian – Maastrichtian, Lb1


Province: 
Libya

Type Locality and Naming

Seems to only consist of the Zimam Fm

Column: Tripolitania and Sirte Basin

Synonym: Hamada Gr


Lithology and Thickness

See Zimam Fm


Lithology Pattern: 
Shallow-marine marl


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Mizdah Fm

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Shurfa Fm

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Santonian – Maastrichtian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Santonian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.5

    Beginning date (Ma): 
84.68

    Ending stage: 
Maastrichtian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
66.04

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Chart derived from: USGS Correlation Chart and Columnar Section for Rocks in Libya, 1963. Descriptions from: Hallet, Don: Petroleum Geology of Libya, 2002.