Continental Terminal Formation

{{Short description|Geological formation in Western Africa}}

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| name = Continental Terminal Formation

| period = Palaeogene

| age = ?Eocene to Pleistocene
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| type = Geological formation

| prilithology = Sandstone

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| overlies =Tamaguélelt Formation

| thickness = up to

| area = Sahara Desert

| map = {{Location map+ | Africa

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| width = 250

| float = center

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{{Location map~ |Africa

| lat_deg = 16.5

| lon_deg = 0.3

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{{Location map~ |Africa

| lat_deg = 17.9

| lon_deg = 5.6

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{{Location map~ |Africa

| lat_deg = 10.50

| lon_deg = 17.30

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{{Location map~ |Africa

| lat_deg = 22.50

| lon_deg = 13.30

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| map_caption = Location of the Continental Terminal Formation

| location = Mali, Benin, Togo, Nigeria

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| region ={{Flag|Mali}} {{Flag|Benin}} {{Flag|Togo}}{{Flag|Nigeria}}

| country = Mali, Benin, Togo, Nigeria

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The Continental Terminal Formation is a geological formation in West Africa that was deposited during the Palaeogene to Quaternary Periods (Eocene to Pleistocene Epochs).{{Cite journal |last=Lang |first=J. |last2=Kogbe |first2=C. |last3=Alidou |first3=S. |last4=Alzouma |first4=K.A. |last5=Bellion |first5=G. |last6=Dubois |first6=D. |last7=Durand |first7=A. |last8=Guiraud |first8=R. |last9=Houessou |first9=A. |last10=de Klasz |first10=I. |last11=Romann |first11=E. |last12=Salard-Cheboldaeff |first12=M. |last13=Trichet |first13=J. |date=1990 |title=The continental terminal in West Africa |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/089953629090048J |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East) |language=en |volume=10 |issue=1-2 |pages=79–99 |doi=10.1016/0899-5362(90)90048-J}}{{Cite journal |last=Conrad |first=Georges |last2=Lappartient |first2=Jean-René |date=1987 |title=Le ‘continental terminal’, sa place dans l'évolution géodynamique du bassin sénégalo-mauritanien durant le Cénozoïque |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0899536287901060 |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |language=fr |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=45–60 |doi=10.1016/0899-5362(87)90106-0}}