Basement Complex Gr
Period:
Ordovician, Cambrian, Neoproterozoic
Age Interval:
Stenian – Hirnantian, Eg2
Province:
Egypt general
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Egypt general; Consists of Fundamental Gneiss Gr, Shaitian Granites Gr, Dokhan Gr, Hammamat Gr, Gattarian Plutonites Gr
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Consists of Fundamental Gneiss Gr, Shaitian Granites Gr, Dokhan Gr, Hammamat Gr, Gattarian Plutonites Gr
Lithology Pattern:
Granitic
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as basement
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Um Bogma Fm (Lower Clastic Division Gr)
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Stenian – Hirnantian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Stenian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
1,200.00
Ending stage:
Hirnantian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
443.07
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Said, R. The Geology of Egypt, 1962 pg. 19-20, 138.