Tafassasset Fm
Period:
Quaternary
Age Interval:
Quaternary (6)
Province:
East Niger Rift Basin - Ténéré Sub-basin
Type Locality and Naming
Faure, 1966; p. 379. [NOTE: Not to confused with the Tafassasset-Djanet Fm of Precambrian in Algeria (Fabre et al., 1983).]
Lithology and Thickness
Continental – fluvio lacustrine
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Chibanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
0.77
Ending stage:
Holocene
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.0
Ending date (Ma):
0.01
Depositional setting
Continental – fluvio-lacustrine
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Jacques LeBlanc (2022), Stratigraphic Lexicon: The Sedimentary Formations of The Republic of Niger, Africa. Colnes Publishing (Tallin, Estonia), 365 pp. https://doi.org/10.47909/978-9916-9760-6-7 (or via https://sites.google.com/site/leblancjacques)