Period/Epoch

Sratigraphic Unit

Hydraulic Unit

Lithology

Thickness

Quaternary

Undefined (q)

Aquifer

Alluvial deposits

Up to 200 m

Tertiary/Pliocene

Undefined (p)

Aquitard

Marl, conglomerate, basalt

Up to 500 m

Tertiary/Miocene

Undefined (m)

Aquifer

Marl

Up to 300 m

Tertiary/Eocene

Undefined (e)

Aquifer

Marly limestone

Up to 800 m

Cretaceous/Senonian

Chekka formation (C6)

Aquitard

Chalk

100 - 500 m

Cretaceous/Turonian

Maameltein formation (C5)

Aquifer

Marly limestone

200 - 300 m

Cretaceous/Cenomanian

Sannine formation (C4)

Major aquifer

Dolomitic limestone

Up to 800 m

Cretaceous/Albian

Hammana formation (C3)

Aquitard

Marly limestone

Up to 400 m

Cretaceous/Upper Aptian

Mdeirij formation (C2b)

Aquifer

Dolomitic limestone

Up to 50 m

Cretaceous/Lower Aptian

Abeih formation (C2a)

Aquitard

Clayey limestone

80 - 170 m

Cretaceous/Neocomian

Chouf formation (C1)

Aquifer

Sandstone

10 - 300 m

Jurassic/Portlandian

Salima formation (J7)

Aquitard

Marly limestone

Up to 180 m

Jurassic/Kimmeridgian

Bikfaya formation (J6)

Major aquifer

Dolomitic limestone

Up to 80 m

Jurassic/Oxfordian

Bhannes formation (J5)

Aquitard

Marly limestone

Up to 150 m

Jurassic/Callovian

Keserwan formation (J4)

Major aquifer

Dolomitic limestone

Exceeding 1000 m