Diu Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
mid-Eocene
Province:
W.India Mumbai Offshore
Type Locality and Naming
Named after Diu Block (northern Mumbai basin)
[Figure: Lithostratigraphy in Mumbai Offshore blocks (from NDRDGH.gov.in; after Jitendra Misra, 2009)]
Lithology and Thickness
NDRDGH.gov Mumbai stratigraphic chart indicates claystone. Raju's chart had "Occasional carbonate bands and a few sand stringers and argillaceous carbonates and shales." 60m on Raju's chart.
[Figure 1: Formations and their reference sections in Mumbai Offshore Basin (after Pandey and Dave, 1998)]
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Minor disconformity (?) onto Belapur Fm
Regional extent
Diu Block and Tapti-Daman Block (northern Mumbai basin)
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
NDRDGH.gov Mumbai stratigraphic chart indicates late Lutetian through Bartonian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Lutetian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.8
Beginning date (Ma):
42.44
Ending stage:
Bartonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
37.71
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
NDRDGH.gov Mumbai stratigraphic chart