Batra Fm
Period:
Silurian
Age Interval:
Rhuddanian – Sheinwoodian, J1
Province:
Jordan
Type Locality and Naming
Column: NE Jordan
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Claystone. Comprises grey to black shale, fissile, and micaceous with streaks of quartzitic sandstone. Contains "hot shale".
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Traibeel Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Alna Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Rhuddanian – Sheinwoodian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
443.07
Ending stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.6
Ending date (Ma):
431.55
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006. pg 92, Fig. 8-1: "Stratigraphic correlation of megasequences AP1 to AP5 for Iraq and surrounding countries."