Lower Clastic Division Gr
Period:
Cretaceous, Jurassic, Triassic, Permian, Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Tournaisian - Albian, Eg2
Province:
Egypt general
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Egypt general; Consists of Um Bogma Fm, Ataqa Fm, Arif el-Naga Fm, Gebel Maghara Fm, Risan Aneiza Fm
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Consists of Um Bogma Fm, Ataqa Fm, Arif el-Naga Fm, Gebel Maghara Fm, Risan Aneiza Fm
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Basement Complex Gr (Gattarian Plutonites Gr)
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Nubian Sandstone Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Tournaisian – Albian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
359.30
Ending stage:
Albian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
100.50
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Said, R. The Geology of Egypt, 1962 pg. 19-20, 138.