Sabkha Fm
Period:
Quaternary
Age Interval:
Gelasian – Late Pleistocene Lb (2,3)
Province:
Libya
Lithology and Thickness
Evaporitic salt flats on top of sandstone.
Lithology Pattern:
Evaporite
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Not Named Sandstone Fm
Upper contact
This is the youngest unit in Fezzan Basin
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Gelasian – Late Pleistocene. USGS chart places these salt flats at the base of the Flandrian stage, at the base of the Holocene.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Gelasian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
2.58
Ending stage:
Late Pleistocene
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):