TUNISIAN STRATIGRAPHIC CHART

89
97.5
124

PALEOCENE

LATE

EARLY

140

183

210
230
242
250
270
290

325
360
375
390
410
422
440
460
480
500
521
543
590

CAMBRIAN ORDOVICIAN SILURIAN DEVONIAN CARBONIFEROUS PERMIAN TRIASSIC

160

JURASSIC

MALM
DOGGER

LIAS

LATE
MIDDLE
EARLY
LATE
EARLY

LATE

EARLY
LATE
MIDDLE
EARLY
LATE
EARLY
LATE
MIDDLE
EARLY

LATE
MIDDLE
EARLY
PRECAMBRIAN

Fortuna

GAS

LANGHIAN UNC.

Salammbo

Ketatna
Vascus Horizon

Tanit

Jebs

Abiod

Bou Dabbous

A
L
P
I
N
E

P
Y
R
E
N
E
A
N

Miskar

Douleb

Bireno UPLIFT
Bahloul
Upper Fahdene
AUSTRIAN UNC.
Lower Fahdene

Isis

Zebbag

Hameima
Orbata
Serdj
Sidi Aich
Bou Hedma / Mrhila
Boudinar DL101

CERCINA
ASHTART
SIDI EL ITYEM
EL HAJEB/BELLI
AL MANZAH

CHERGUI
HUB
DIDON
ZARAT/SALAMMBO

MAAMOURA
MSELA / TIREF/ALOUAN
CHORBANE E.

ELYSSA/MELQU.
JAWHARA
ISIS / MSELA

DOULEB / SEMMAMA / TAMESMIDA

BOU GRARA

M'Cherga

ROBBANA

Meloussi

Asfer

TAFERNINE
ZELFA
COSMOS /
TAZERKA
YASMIN
/
BARAKA 1
MAAMOURA / BIRSA / OUDNA
HALK EL MENZEL
HALK EL MENZEL

SIDI ELZINNIA
MISKAR
KILANI
MISKAR
ELAIN/RHEMOURA
GUEBIBA/MAHRES
EZZAOUIA /
EL BIBANE

Kef

Beida

CAP BON

Sidi Khalif
Mrabtine
Tlalett

Ressas

EZZAOUIA

Upper Nara

Brourmet

EL BIBANE

LIMAGUESS

Middle

Smida / Kh. El Miit

ALI BEN KHALIFA

Techout

Krachoua
Mestaoua

Nara

Zmilet Haber (B Horizon)

TAGS
Azizia

Lower Nara / Oust

Bhir
Messaoudi
Rehach Mhira
Touareg

"Trias vaporitique" Rheouis

Azizia / "Trias carbonat"

Mekraneb

Trias Argilo-Grseux Inferieur(TAGI)

Kircaou
Ouled Chebbi
LATE PERMIAN UNC.
Bir Mastoura / Bir El Jaja
Cheguimi
Tebaga

T
E
T
H
Y
A
N
R
I
F
T
I
N
G

UPLIFT
Zoumit

HERCYNIAN UNC.
UPLIFT

Tiguentourine
Dembaba
Assedjefar
F1

UPLIFT

M'Rar
F2

Tahara

Aouinet Ouenine
Ouan Kasa
Tadrart

F3
F4 - F5
F6
CALEDONIAN UNC

OUED ZAR / LAARICH/ HAMMOUDA

Tannezuft
Jeffara

TACONIC UNC

Kasbah Leguine
Sanrhar

TREMADOCIAN
POTSDAMIAN

J. GROUZ
BAGUEL

ECH CHOUECH

UPLIFT

Bir Ben Tartar

TARFA
EL BORMA
MAKHROUGA
CHOUECH SAIDA
LARICH
DEBECH
SANRHAR
TARFA NORD

H
E
R
C
Y
N
I
A
N

Fegaguira

Acacus

LLANVIRNIAN
ARENIGIAN

Azel
Hamra
UPLIFT
El Atchane
El Gassi

C
A
L
E
D
O
N
I
A
N

NASSIM

LAARICH / OUED ZAR

SABRIA, SABRIA NW.
EL FRANIG

Sidi Toui

ACADIAN

PAN-AFRICAN OROGENY

GEORGIAN

CONDENSATE

A
T
L
A
S
S
I
C

Abiod

Merfeg

Aleg
Gattar

OLIGOCENE UNC.

Halk
El Souar
Menzel

Reineche

El Gueria
Metlaoui Faid
Chouabine
Tselja
El Haria

Berda

Oum Kechabta
O. Melah
Douil Hakima TORTONIAN UNC.

Mahmoud

Remla

O. Hammam

PLIOCENE UNC.

Numidian
Flysch

Ain Grab

Messiouta

Proven Reservoirs
OIL

O. Bel Khedim
Melquart
Somaa
Zelfa
Birsa

Souaf

Beglia

Bouloufa

EOCENE

Raf Raf

E. Tat.

66

OLIGOCENE

Porto Farina
Segui

Sebaia

55

E.

DISCOVERIES / FIELDS

Red Beds / Caliche

Abreghs

36

MIOCENE M.

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LLANDOVERIAN
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LLANDEILIAN

TECTONIC EVENTS
& UNCONFORMITIES

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY

Adjadj

24

L.

SENONIAN

16.5

PLIOCENE

NEOCOMIAN

11

NEOGENE

5.5

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY
PLEISTOCENE
QUATERNARY VILLAFRANCHIAN

PALEOGENE

0.01

CRETACEOUS

M.A

CARBONATES

MAY 2001

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