Publication: [1713] Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Mesozoic sequence I the upper Abbay (Blue Nile) River Valley region, Ethiopia




Documented Paleocurrents


# Continental Area Stratigraphic Level Total Records Period Latitude Longitude Tectonic Plate Deposition Environment Paleocurrent Type Lithology Formation
1 African Upper Cretaceous 7 34110 -8.92 38.88 African fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Upper Sandstone unit
2 African Lower Cretaceous 7 33610 -8.99 39.05 African fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Lower/Upper Sandstone unit
3 African Middle Jurassic 7 32454 -8.9 38.95 African fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Abbay Shale
4 African Triassic 7 31010 -9 39.1 African fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Lower Sandstone unit
5 African Triassic 7 31010 -8.95 38.8 African fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Lower Sandstone unit
6 African Triassic 7 31010 -9.04 38.9 African fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Lower Sandstone unit
7 African Triassic 7 31010 -9.06 39 African fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone Lower Sandstone unit