Sahabi Gr
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Messinian – Piacenzian, Lb3
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Cyrenaica Basin
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Sandstone and conglomerate.
Lithology Pattern:
Coarse-grained sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Ar Rajmah Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Panchino Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Messinian – Piacenzian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Messinian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
7.25
Ending stage:
Piacenzian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
2.58
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.