TUNISIAN STRATIGRAPHIC CHART

TECTONIC EVENTS DISCOVERIES / FIELDS

M.A CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY & UNCONFORMITIES
0.01 PLEISTOCENE
QUATERNARY VILLAFRANCHIAN Red Beds / Caliche
A
PIACENZIAN Porto Farina T A
PLIOCENE ZANCLEAN Segui Raf Raf PLIOCENE UNC.
5.5 NEOGENE L L
MESSINIAN O. Bel Khedim A P
L. Somaa Melquart
Oum Kechabta S I ZELFA TAFERNINE
TORTONIAN Beglia Souaf O. Melah
11 Zelfa Douil Hakima TORTONIAN UNC. S N TAZERKA COSMOS /
SERRAVALLIAN Birsa I E YASMIN /
MIOCENE M. Mahmoud BARAKA 1
LANGHIAN Ain Grab LANGHIAN UNC. C MAAMOURA / BIRSA / OUDNA
16.5

Numidian
BURDIGALIAN Messiouta O. Hammam Remla HALK EL MENZEL
Salammbo

Flysch
E. AQUITANIAN HALK EL MENZEL
24 Fortuna
CHATTIAN Ketatna
PALEOGENE

OLIGOCENE
RUPELIAN Vascus Horizon OLIGOCENE UNC.
36 P
PRIABONIAN Halk

Bouloufa
El Souar Y
BARTONIAN Jebs

Tanit
EOCENE Reineche Menzel R CERCINA CHERGUI
LUTETIAN E
El Gueria
YPRESIAN Metlaoui Faid Bou Dabbous N ASHTART DIDON HUB
55 Chouabine E SIDI EL ITYEM ZARAT/SALAMMBO
THANETIAN Tselja EL HAJEB/BELLI
PALEOCENE DANIAN El Haria A AL MANZAH
66 N
SENONIAN

MAASTRICHTIAN Berda Abiod Merfeg Abiod

CAMPANIAN MAAMOURA
SIDI ELZINNIA MSELA / TIREF/ALOUAN
MISKAR
CRETACEOUS

SANTONIAN Aleg Kef KILANI CHORBANE E.

LATE Miskar MISKAR
CONIACIAN Douleb ELYSSA/MELQU.
89 TURONIAN Beida Bireno UPLIFT ELAIN/RHEMOURA
Gattar GUEBIBA/MAHRES JAWHARA
Bahloul
CENOMANIAN Zebbag Isis Upper Fahdene AUSTRIAN UNC. EZZAOUIA / ISIS / MSELA
97.5
ALBIAN Lower Fahdene EL BIBANE
NEOCOMIAN

APTIAN Orbata Hameima Serdj DOULEB / SEMMAMA / TAMESMIDA

BARREMIAN Sidi Aich BOU GRARA
124 EARLY Bou Hedma / Mrhila M'Cherga
HAUTERIVIAN Boudinar DL101 ROBBANA
VALANGINIAN Meloussi CAP BON
Asfer
BERRIASIAN
140 Sidi Khalif
TITHONIAN Ressas EZZAOUIA EL BIBANE
MALM KIMMERIDGIAN Mrabtine Upper Nara
Sebaia

OXFORDIAN LIMAGUESS
Tlalett
JURASSIC

160
E. Tat.

CALLOVIAN Smida / Kh. El Miit

Brourmet
Middle ALI BEN KHALIFA
Techout
DOGGER BATHONIAN
Krachoua
BAJOCIAN
Abreghs

AALENIAN Mestaoua T
183 Nara E
TOARCIAN
Zmilet Haber (B Horizon) T
PLIENSBACHIAN
LIAS H
Adjadj

SINEMURIAN Lower Nara / Oust Y

Bhir
HETTANGIAN A
210 RHAETIAN N
Messaoudi
CAMBRIAN ORDOVICIAN SILURIAN DEVONIAN CARBONIFEROUS PERMIAN TRIASSIC

"Trias évaporitique" Rheouis R

LATE NORIAN TAGS Rehach Mhira I
CARNIAN Azizia Touareg Azizia / "Trias carbonaté"
Mekraneb F
230 LADINIAN Trias Argilo-Gréseux Inferieur(TAGI) T
Kircaou
MIDDLE ANISIAN Ouled Chebbi I EL BORMA TARFA J. GROUZ
242 LATE PERMIAN UNC. N MAKHROUGA BAGUEL
250 EARLY SCYTHIAN Bir Mastoura / Bir El Jaja
G CHOUECH SAIDA
DJULFIAN Cheguimi LARICH
DEBECH
LATE MURGHABIAN Tebaga SANRHAR
KUBERGANDIAN TARFA NORD
270 UPLIFT
ARTINSKIAN
EARLY SAKMARIAN
ASSELIAN Zoumit HERCYNIAN UNC.
290 GZELIAN UPLIFT H
Tiguentourine
KASIMOVIAN E
LATE MOSCOVIAN R
Dembaba
BASHKIRIAN C
325 SERPUKHOVIAN Assedjefar Y
N
EARLY VISEAN F1 UPLIFT I
TOURNAISIAN M'Rar A
360 STRUNIAN Tahara F2 N
LATE FAMENNIAN
FRASNIAN
375 GIVETIAN Aouinet Ouenine F3
MIDDLE COUVINIAN F4 - F5
390 ECH CHOUECH
EMSIAN Ouan Kasa F6
EARLY SIEGENIAN Tadrart CALEDONIAN UNC
GEDINNIAN
410 Fegaguira
OUED ZAR / LAARICH/ HAMMOUDA
PRIDOLIAN
LATE Acacus C NASSIM
LUDLOVIAN
422 UPLIFT A
WENLOCKIAN
EARLY Tannezuft L
LLANDOVERIAN E
440 ASHGILLIAN D
LATE CARADOCIAN
Jeffara TACONIC UNC O
460 N
LLANDEILIAN LAARICH / OUED ZAR
MIDDLE Bir Ben Tartar Azel I
LLANVIRNIAN A SABRIA, SABRIA NW.
480 ARENIGIAN Hamra N
Kasbah Leguine UPLIFT EL FRANIG
EARLY El Atchane
TREMADOCIAN Sanrhar El Gassi
500
LATE POTSDAMIAN Sidi Toui
521
MIDDLE ACADIAN
PAN-AFRICAN OROGENY
543
EARLY GEORGIAN
590
PRECAMBRIAN
Proven Reservoirs Potential Reservoirs MAY 2001
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