Kordofan Gr
Type Locality and Naming
Muglad Basin -- SW Sudan and the northwestern part of South Sudan. The group is an upward succession of the Nayil Fm, Tendi Fm, Adok Fm and Zeraf Fm.
Reference section: Makeen et al., 2013; Ahmed and Ozumba, 2017; Dou et al., 2023;
[Fig. 1: Western and Central African rift system. West African rift subsystem and Central African]
[Fig. 2: General stratigraphic column - Muglad Basin, Sudan, showing three geological cycles – Neocomian to Barremian, Aptian to Maastrichtian, and Paleocene to Pliocene - Miocene, or Quaternary and Petroleum Systems (from Ahmed and Ozumba, 2017)]
[Fig. 3: Comprehensive stratigraphic columns in the Muglad Basin (from Dou et al., 2023)]
[Fig. 4: Regional stratigraphy of the Muglad basin, SW Sudan (after Schull 1988; Dou Lirong et al. 2013 – extracted from Makeen et al., 2013)]
[Fig. 5: Location map of the Fula sub-basin in the Muglad basin including oilfields (study area) (after Dou Lirong et al. 2013 – extracted from Makeen et al., 2013)]
Lithology and Thickness
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
Fossils
Age
Depositional setting
Additional Information
Makeen Y. M., Abdullah W. H., Hakimi M. H. (2013): Biological markers and organic petrology study of organic matter in the Lower Cretaceous Abu Gabra sediments (Muglad Basin, Sudan): origin, type and palaeoenvironmental conditions. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. DOI 10.1007/s12517-013-1203-z
Lenhardt, N., Omietimi, E. J., Edegbai, A. J., Schwark, L., Catuneanu, O., Fairhead, J. D., Gotz, A. E. (2025): Traversing the rift: A review of the evolution of the West and Central African Rift System and its economic potential. Earth-Science Reviews, 261: pp. 1-39