“…In the Sirwa inlier, the Saghro Group was subdivided by Thomas et aL (2002) into six formations which are from bottom to top: the Tittalt, Agchtim, Tizoula, Imghi, Azarwas and Tafiat Formations. The two upper formations correspond to coarse-grained clastic rocks, while the lowermost succession is a volcanic turbidite and flysch-like sequence (Thomas et al, 2002(Thomas et al, , 2004. The following lithological descriptions of the Imghi and Azarwas Formations, where the samples AA3, AA5 and AA6 were collected, are in part after De Kock et al (2000) and Thomas et al (2002Thomas et al ( , 2004.…”