Azizia Limestone Fm
Period:
Triassic
Age Interval:
Anisian – Ladinian, Lb1
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Tripolitania and Sirte Basin
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Ras el Hamia Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Abu Shaybah Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Anisian – Ladinian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Anisian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
246.70
Ending stage:
Ladinian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
237.00
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.