Cherrife Shale Fm

Period:

Cretaceous

Age Interval:

Albian, Sr1

Province:
Syria

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Syria

Synonym: Rutbah Fm (Formerly referred). This name was rendered obsolete according to "Lexique Stratagraphique: Syrie Interieure." Cherrife Shale 5 Fm, Cherrife Shale 4 Fm, Cherrife Shale 3 Fm, Cherrife Shale 2 Fm, Cherrife Shale 1 Fm

Lithology and Thickness

It is further divided into Cherrife Shale 5 Fm, Cherrife Shale 4 Fm, Cherrife Shale 3 Fm, Cherrife Shale 2 Fm, Cherrife Shale 1 Fm. This formation is 50m (type locality) of red to brown, hematitic, sandy, and pyritic shale. Some streaks of limestone and dolomite with intercalations of white/grey/green, quartzitic sandstone.

Lithology Pattern:

Sandy claystone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Shu'aiba Fm

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Judea Fm

Regional extent

GeoJSON

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Fossils

Lower portion of formation is fossiliferous.

Age

Albian

Age Span:

Beginning stage:

Aptian

Fraction up in beginning stage:

0.80

Beginning date (Ma):

114.84

Ending stage:

Albian

Fraction up in the ending stage:

0.7

Ending date (Ma):

104.31

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. Syrie Int. pg 194-196.