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Tiji Gr

Tiji Gr


Period: 
Jurassic

Age Interval: 
Oxfordian – Tithonian, Lb1


Province: 
Libya

Type Locality and Naming

Consists only of the Chameau Mort Sandstone Fm

Column: Tripolitania and Sirte Basin.

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandy claystone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as B'ir Al Ghanam Gr (Abu Ghaylan Limestone Fm)

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Kikla and Cabao Fm (Al Hamra Gr)

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Oxfordian – Tithonian. USGS chart places this unnamed formation at the base of the Malm Stage, in the Upper Jurassic.

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Oxfordian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
161.53

    Ending stage: 
Tithonian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
143.10

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.