Bandra Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Middle Burdigalian through Serravallian
Province:
W.India Mumbai Offshore
Type Locality and Naming
[Figure: Lithostratigraphy in Mumbai Offshore blocks (from NDRDGH.gov.in; after Jitendra Misra, 2009)]
Lithology and Thickness
No details provided in Lexicon-formation submissions; but summary graphics by Dr. Raju and implications of Bombay Fm description, it consists primarily of clayey limestone. Limestone Fm shown to have gas and oil reserves. 16m on Raju's chart.
[Figure 1: Formations and their reference sections in Mumbai Offshore Basin (after Pandey and Dave, 1998)]
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Upper contact
Hiatus, then Chinchini Fm.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Shown as mainly upper Middle Miocene; but, where it is not onlapping the Tapti Fm, it begins in mid-Langhian.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Serravallian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
13.82
Ending stage:
Serravallian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
11.63
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
D.S.N Raju