Continental Intercalaire Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Barremian.
Province:
Oued Mya Basin, Ghadames Basin
Type Locality and Naming
Synonym:
References: Klett, 2000.
Lithology and Thickness
The Continental Intercalaire Fm. is made up of sandstones with minor occurrence of clays (see Fig. 5 of Klett, 2000).
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
It conformably overlies the Cabao Fm.
Upper contact
It is unconformably (Lower and Middle Aptian is absent) overlain by the Nefusa Gr.
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Barremian (based on USGS-Klett, 2000 diagram)
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Barremian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.00
Beginning date (Ma):
126.50
Ending stage:
Barremian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
121.40
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Enam O. Obiosio, Solomon Joshua Avong and Henry Nasir Suleiman (2024) - Stratigraphic Lexicon compiled from the following books:Baouche, R., Ganguli, S. S., Sen, S., Radwan A. E. (2023): Assessment of reservoir stress state and its implications for Paleozoic tight oil reservoir development in the Oued Mya Basin, northeastern Algerian Sahara. Geosystems and Geoenvironment 2: pp.1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geogeo.2022.100112Fadila B. (2004): Reservoir Characterization and Reservoir Modeling in the Northwestern Part of Hassi Massaoud Field Algeria. A PhD thesis at the University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
T.R. Klett (2000): Total Petroleum Systems of the Trias/Ghadames Province, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya - The Tanezzuft-Oued Mya, Tanezzuft-Melrhir, and Tanezzuft-Ghadames. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 2202-C.
Kraouia et al., (2023): Ordovician–Upper Silurian–Triassic Petroleum System Assessment in the Chotts Area. In S. Khomsi and F. Roure (eds.), Geology of North Africa and the Mediterranean: Sedimentary Basins and Georesources, Regional Geology Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18747-6_7