Mansur Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
middle Cenomanian-Turonian
Province:
Sudan E
Type Locality and Naming
Khartoum Basin, central Sudan.
Reference: Awad (1994), A. Gibreel (2015)
[Fig. 1: Khartoum Basin is #8 on map (Fig.3 in Awad, 1994)]
[Fig. 2: Khartoum Basin stratigraphy and depositional sequences (pg. 17 in A. Gibreel, 2015)]
Lithology and Thickness
Fining-up sequence of interbedded kaolinitic-sand and claystones
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Major unconformity (Albian is missing) onto the Hebeika Fm
Upper contact
Overlain by the Esari Fm
Regional extent
Khartoum Basin, central Sudan.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
middle Cenomanian-Turonian according to A. Gibreel (Ministry of Petroleum and Gas, 2015)
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.25
Beginning date (Ma):
98.85
Ending stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
89.39
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Enam O. Obiosio, Solomon Joshua Avong and Henry Nasir Suleiman (2024) - Stratigraphic Lexicon compiled from the following publications:Awad, M.Z., 1994. Stratigraphic, Palynological and Paleoecological Studies in the East-Central Sudan (Khartoum and Kosti Basins), Late Jurassic to Mid-Tertiary. Berliner Geowiss. Abh. 161: 163 pp.
Gibreel, Ahmed (Section Head G&G Studies, Ministry of Petroleum and Gas, Republic of Sudan(, 2015. Hydrocarbon potential and resources in Sudan. [Slide presentation at UNCTAD, 17th Africa OILGASMINE, Khartoum, 23-26 Nov 2015]. https://unctad.org/system/files/non-official-document/17OILGASMINE%20Ahmed%20Gibreel%20Ahmed%20El-Amain%20S1.pdf