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Continental Terminal Formation

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Continental Terminal Formation
Stratigraphic range: ?Eocene to Pleistocene
~56–1 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
TypeGeological formation
AreaSahara Desert
Thicknessup to
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Continental Terminal Formation is located in AfricaContinental Terminal FormationContinental Terminal Formation (Africa)

The Continental Terminal Formation is a geological formation in West Africa that was deposited during the Palaeogene to Quaternary Periods (Eocene to Pleistocene Epochs).

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  1. Lang, J.; Kogbe, C.; Alidou, S.; Alzouma, K.A.; Bellion, G.; Dubois, D.; Durand, A.; Guiraud, R.; Houessou, A.; de Klasz, I.; Romann, E.; Salard-Cheboldaeff, M.; Trichet, J. (1990). "The continental terminal in West Africa". Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East). 10 (1–2): 79–99. doi:10.1016/0899-5362(90)90048-J.
  2. Conrad, Georges; Lappartient, Jean-René (1987). "Le 'continental terminal', sa place dans l'évolution géodynamique du bassin sénégalo-mauritanien durant le Cénozoïque". Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983) (in French). 6 (1): 45–60. doi:10.1016/0899-5362(87)90106-0.
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