Hammamat Gr
Period:
Cambrian, Ediacaran
Age Interval:
Ediacaran – Cambrian Stage 10, Eg2
Province:
Egypt general
Lithology and Thickness
Aus conglomerate. Conglomerates, greywackes, subgreywackes, and red beds. Type section thickness of 1500m.
Lithology Pattern:
Aus conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Dokhan Gr
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Gattarian Plutonites Gr
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Ediacaran – Cambrian Stage 10
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Ediacaran
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
635.00
Ending stage:
Cambrian Stage 10
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
486.85
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Said, R. The Geology of Egypt, 1962 pg. 19-20, 138.