Wadis Deposits Fm
Period:
Quaternary
Age Interval:
Gelasian – Holocene
Province:
Al Kufrah Basin
Type Locality and Naming
Synonym:
References: Schmeider et al., 2009
Lithology and Thickness
The “Modern Wadis Deposits” Fm is made up of Aeolian sandstones and evaporites (Schmeider et al., 2009).
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
It conformably overlies the Nubian Sandstone Fm.
Upper contact
-NA- Basin Surface.
Regional extent
It covers the entire Al Kufrah Basin.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Gelasian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
2.58
Ending stage:
Holocene
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
0.00
Depositional setting
Aeolian depositional environment (Schmeider et al., 2009; Le Heron et al., 2009).
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Enam O. Obiosio, Solomon Joshua Avong and Henry Nasir Suleiman (2024) - Stratigraphic Lexicon compiled from the following books:Gindre L., Heron D. L., Bjørnseth H. M. (2012). High resolution facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of the Siluro-Devonian succession of Al Kufrah basin (SE Libya), Journal of African Earth Sciences, 76, pp.8–26.
Schmeider, M., Buchner, E., Le Heron, D. P. (2009): The Jebel Hadid Structure (Al Kufrah Basin, SE Libya) – A Possible Impact Structure and Potential Hydrocarbon Trap? Marine and Petroleum Geology, 26, pp.310-318.