Salantah Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Priabonian, Lb3
Province:
Libya
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Cyrenaica Basin
Synonym: Slonta Fm
Lithology and Thickness
Hard to differentiate from the underlying Darnah formation, therefore it is sometimes considered to be part of the Darnah formation.
Lithology Pattern:
Chalk
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Darnah Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Dur Al Abd Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Priabonian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Priabonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
37.71
Ending stage:
Priabonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
33.90
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.