Jabal Zelten Gr

Period:

Paleogene

Age Interval:

upper Thanetian

Province:
Sirte Basin

Type Locality and Naming

The Jabal Zelten Gr is made up of the lower Zelten Fm and (Zelten Limestone Fm) and the upper Harash Fm.

Synonym: Also known as Zenten Group, Zelten Gr

References: Ahlbrandt, 2001

Lithology and Thickness

The Zelten Fm is composed predominantly of limestones and is about 101m thick, which transitions upwards into the Harash Fm of intercalations of shale and limestone (Fig. 7 of Ahlbrandt, 2001).

Lithology Pattern:

Clayey limestone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

It conformably overlies the Khalifa Fm.

Upper contact

It conformably overlain by the Kheir Fm.

Regional extent

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Fossils

Age

Schematic stratigraphic column of Ahlbrant (2001) places as the Thanetian, minus the uppermost Thanetian which is the Kheir Fm onset.

Age Span:

Beginning stage:

Thanetian

Fraction up in beginning stage:

0.0

Beginning date (Ma):

59.24

Ending stage:

Thanetian

Fraction up in the ending stage:

0.9

Ending date (Ma):

56.32

Depositional setting

Depositional pattern:

Additional Information

Compiler:

T. S. Ahlbrandt (2001): The Sirte Basin Province of Libya—Sirte-Zelten Total Petroleum System, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2202–F

R.C. Selley (1997): The Sirte Basin of Libya. In: African Basins. Sedimentary Basins of the World, 3, edited by R.C. Selley (Series Editor: K.J. Hsu), Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 27-37.

Abugares, Miloud M. (2007): Deposition, Diagenesis, and Reservoir Development of the Cretaceous Lidam Formation, SE Sirt Basin, Libya. Durham e-Theses. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/2599/

Elkanouni, I. E. D. (2014). Sedimentology, Sequence stratigraphy and Spatial-temporal Patterns of the late Paleocene Succession, western Sirt Basin, Libya, Durham e Theses. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10538/