top of Timor Island

top of Timor Island

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Aitutu Formation ( Triassic In age)


The thick locality Aitutu Formation outcrop, which is well exposed in Soibada, Sahe River, bedding between wackestone and black shale. Halobiid and other bivalves are commonly found on the bedding planes. Some bioturbation with burrows infilled in the mudstone.
Aitutu Formation was first introduced by (Audley-Charles 1968) to accommodate rocks of the Middle to Late Triassic age in East Timor

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