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Chattian
(redirected from Late Oligocene)

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Chattian [′chad·ē·ən]
(geology)
Upper Oligocene geologic time. Also known as Casselian.


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A renewed transgression in the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene across the northern region left behind some pelagics and limestones.
Stage two, the flexural deepening phase, started in the Late Oligocene with gradual subsidence until the Lower Miocene.
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