Um Bogma Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Tournaisian - Serpukhovian, Eg2
Province:
Egypt general
Type Locality and Naming
Lithology and Thickness
Dolomitic limestone. Upper marine dolomites and limestones. Type section thickness of 170m.
Lithology Pattern:
Dolomitic limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Basement Complex Gr (Gattarian Plutonites Gr)
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Ataqa Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Brachiopods and crinoids found in this upper layer, while the basal sandstone unit is unfossiliferous.
Age
Tournaisian – Serpukhovian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
359.30
Ending stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
323.40
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Said, R. The Geology of Egypt, 1962 pg. 19-20, 138.