South Gharib Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Tortonian, Eg1
Province:
Egypt Gulf of Suez
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Egypt Gulf of Suez
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Salt, anhydrites, intercalated shales, sand, evaporites.
Lithology Pattern:
Halite
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Belayim Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Zeit Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Tortonian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Tortonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.05
Beginning date (Ma):
11.41
Ending stage:
Tortonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
9.44
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13. no. 4. Schütz, 1994, Pg 92