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Edaga Arbi Glacials
Palaeozoic geological formation in Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Edaga Arbi Glacials are a Palaeozoic geological formation in Tigray (northern Ethiopia) and in Eritrea. The matrix is composed of grey, black and purple clays (locally silt), that contains rock fragments up to 6 metres across. Pollen dating yields a Late Carboniferous (~323 million years or Ma) to Early Permian (~295 Ma) age.[1]
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Edaga Arbi Glacials | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Carboniferous | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Adigrat Sandstone, coeval with Enticho Sandstone |
Overlies | Precambrian basement |
Thickness | 200 m (660 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Tillite, Mudstone |
Other | Dropstones, Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 14.2037°N 39.255°E / 14.2037; 39.255 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 0°N 0°E |
Region | Tigray |
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Extent | central-south Eritrea, northeast Tigray |
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Named for | Town of Idaga Arbi |
Named by | D.B. Dow |
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