Fortino Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Aquitanian – Burdigalian, Lb1
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Tripolitania and Sirte Basin
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Sandy limestone unit.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Greir Bu-Hascisc Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Marada Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Aquitanian – Burdigalian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Aquitanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
23.04
Ending stage:
Burdigalian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
15.99
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.