Panchino Fm
Period:
Quaternary
Age Interval:
Middle Pleistocene (Chibanian), Lb3
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Cyrenaica Basin
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Chalky sandstone
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Sahabi Gr
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Alluvium
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Middle Pleistocene (Chibanian). USGS Chart places this chalky sandstone formation at the base of the Ris Wurmian stage, mid-Pleistocene
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Chibanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
0.77
Ending stage:
Chibanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
0.13
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.