Eghei Sandstone Fm
Period:
Ordovician, Cambrian
Age Interval:
Fortunian – Floian, Lb3
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Cyrenaica Basin
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Conglomeritic base layer overlain by cross-bedded sandstone
Lithology Pattern:
Coarse-grained sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
This is the oldest unit in the Cyrenaica Basin
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Lori Sandstone Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Fortunian – Floian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Fortunian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
538.80
Ending stage:
Floian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
471.26
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.