Burj Fm
Period:
Cambrian
Age Interval:
Cambrian Stage 4 – Drumian, Sa (1,2), J1
Province:
Saudi Arabia, Jordan
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Saudi Arabia Outcrop, Saudi Arabia Subsurface, NE Jordan
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Siq Sandstone Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Saq Sandstone Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Cambrian Stage 4 – Drumian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.8
Beginning date (Ma):
510.10
Ending stage:
Drumian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.3
Ending date (Ma):
503.30
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4