The Enticho Sandstone is a geological formation in north Ethiopia. It forms the lowermost sedimentary rock formation in the region and lies directly on the basement rocks. Enticho Sandstone consists of arenite that is rich in quartz. The formation has a maximum thickness of 200 metres. Locally, its upper part is coeval with the Edaga Arbi Glacials. The Enticho Sandstone has been deposited during the Ordovician (485–443 million years), as evidenced by impressions of organisms.[1]
^Sembroni, A.; Molin, P.; Dramis, F. (2019). Regional geology of the Dogu'a Tembien massif. In: Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.
The EntichoSandstone is a geological formation in north Ethiopia. It forms the lowermost sedimentary rock formation in the region and lies directly on...
found. Preferred lithologies for church hewing were Adigrat Sandstone and EntichoSandstone. The tradition continues up to the present, as rock-hewn churches...
The following geological formations are present in this locality: EntichoSandstone Precambrian metamorphic rocks The main geomorphic units, with corresponding...
sediments (Edaga Arbi Glacials and EntichoSandstone). Later alluvial plain sediments were deposited (Adigrat Sandstone). The break-up of Gondwana (Late...
standing pillars are made up of Enticho and Adigrat Sandstones, which are the last erosional remnants of a sandstone formation that once covered the Precambrian...
from rapid siltation. The lithology of the catchment is Adigrat Sandstone, EntichoSandstone, tertiary basalt and Precambrian metavolcanics. Part of the water...
Carboniferous–Permian Gondwana glaciations: Petrography and geochemistry of the EntichoSandstone and the Edaga Arbi Glacials. Sedimentary Geology, 375, 188–202. https://doi...
sedimentary cover above the unconformity is of fluvial and glacial origin (EntichoSandstone, Edaga Arbi Glacials). Early Jurassic marine sediments cover much...
The Adigrat Sandstone formation in north Ethiopia, in a wide array of reddish colours, comprises sandstones with coarse to fine grains, and locally conglomerates...
reservoir suffers from rapid siltation. The lithology of the catchment is EntichoSandstone and precambrian rock. Part of the water that could be used for irrigation...
the sediments are rich in mud (clay and silt), in contrast to the EntichoSandstone fluvioglacial deposits. Basal till that was deposited directly under...
downstream, the following lithological units occur in the catchment. EntichoSandstone Antalo Limestone Mekelle Dolerite Quaternary freshwater tufa Trekking...
rapid siltation. The lithology of the catchment is Adigrat Sandstone and EntichoSandstone. Part of the water that could be used for irrigation is lost...
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