Stratigraphic range: Santonian-Early Campanian ~85.8–80 Ma
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Menuha Formation exposed in Wadi Zihor.
Type
Sedimentary
Unit of
Mount Scopus Group
Underlies
Mishash Formation
Overlies
Zihor Formation
Thickness
14–50 m (46–164 ft)
Lithology
Primary
Chalk, marly chalk
Other
Conglomeratic chalk, limestone
Location
Region
Makhtesh Ramon, Negev desert
Country
Israel
The Menuha Formation is the name given to an Upper Cretaceous (Santonian-Early Campanian) chalk, marly chalk and conglomeratic chalk unit exposed throughout the Makhtesh Ramon region of southern Israel and parts of northern Israel (Avni, 1991).
The MenuhaFormation is the name given to an Upper Cretaceous (Santonian-Early Campanian) chalk, marly chalk and conglomeratic chalk unit exposed throughout...
Depending on the environmental conditions present at the time of their formation, concretions can be created by either concentric or pervasive growth....
narrow and robust, while adult teeth are broader and thinner". In some formations, shark's teeth are a common fossil. These fossils can be analyzed for...
Case, G and Schwimmer, D., 1998. Late Cretaceous fish from the Blufftown Formation (Campanian) in Western Georgia. Journal of Paleontology., 62(2). pp 290–301...
Mishash Formation lies atop the top of the underlying MenuhaFormation, while the upper boundary is covered by the overlying Ghareb Formation. The Mishash...
Bayt Jibrin at a site located on the same wadi, Nahal Guvrin, near moshav Menuha. The IAA has unearthed there artifacts from a village believed to be 6,500...
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