Zeit Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Tortonian – Messinian, Eg1
Province:
Egypt Gulf of Suez
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Egypt Gulf of Suez
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Salt, sandstones; throughout deposition considerable amounts of sandstones were shed from the uplifted graben shoulders.
Lithology Pattern:
Evaporite
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as South Gharib Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Zaafarana Wardan Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Tortonian – Messinian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Tortonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
9.44
Ending stage:
Messinian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
6.29
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