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Sahabi Gr
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Sahabi Gr base reconstruction

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.