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Fuehat Formation
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Fuehat Fm base reconstruction

Fuehat Fm


Period: 
Neogene

Age Interval: 
Tortonian, Lb3


Province: 
Libya

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Cyrenaica Basin

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Beds of sandy limestone overlain by limestone.


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandy limestone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Alueolina Brady I Limestone Fm

Upper contact

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

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Tortonian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Tortonian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
11.63

    Ending stage: 
Tortonian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.5

    Ending date (Ma):  
9.44

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.