Cenozoic

Mesozoic

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Wardan Formation

Wardan Fm

Period:

Neogene

Age Interval:

Pliocene

Province:
Sudan E

Type Locality and Naming

Lithology and Thickness

Lithology Pattern:

Clayey sandstone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Zeit Fm, unconformably – "Based on seismic data, the top of the Zeit Fm demonstrates a regional unconformity surface" (Eltayib et al., 2019)

Upper contact

Shagara Fm

Regional extent

Red Sea coastal area of Sudan.

GeoJSON

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Fossils

Nannofossils

Age

Dated as Late Pliocene based on the nannofossil NN18 zone in the South Suakin-1 well.

Age Span:

Beginning stage:

Piacenzian

Fraction up in beginning stage:

0.00

Beginning date (Ma):

3.60

Ending stage:

Piacenzian

Fraction up in the ending stage:

1.0

Ending date (Ma):

2.58

Depositional setting

marine

Depositional pattern:

Additional Information

Compiler:

Enam O. Obiosio, Solomon Joshua Avong and Henry Nasir Suleiman (2024) - Stratigraphic Lexicon compiled from the following publications:

Bunter, M.A.G. and Abdel Magid, A.E.M. (1989): The Sudanese Red Sea: New Development in Stratigraphy and Petroleum Geological Evolution. Jour. Petroleum Geology, 12: 145-166. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-5457.1989.tb00230.x

Elkareem, E.M.I.A., Osman, W.R., Ferguson, A.J., Warren, J.K. and Mohamed, N.E. (2022): New Evidence of the Holokinetic Sequences around Suakin-1 and -2 in the Sudanese Red Sea Area Using Integrated Geophysical Interpretation. International Journal of Geosciences, 13: 483-497. https://doi.org/10.4236/ijg.2022.136026

Eltayib, S.H.M.A., Abdelrahman, E.S.M., Ibrahim, A.S.M., Al-Imam, O.A.O.. (2019): Sedimentary petro graphic characteristics of Zeit Formation (Suakin-1 Well) in Sudanese Red Sea Basin. Int Jour Advanced Geosciences. 7: 10-17.

Yagoub, A.M. (2007): Preliminary sequence stratigraphy and tectonic evolution of the Tokar Delta, (Southern Sudanese Red Sea). Qatar Univ. Sci . J. 27: 85- 98.