Dahab Fm
Period:
Jurassic
Age Interval:
Sinemurian, J1
Province:
Jordan
Type Locality and Naming
Column: NE Jordan
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Carbonate.
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Abu Ruweis Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Nimra Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Sinemurian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Sinemurian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.1
Beginning date (Ma):
198.80
Ending stage:
Sinemurian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.6
Ending date (Ma):
195.52
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006. pg 117, Fig. 10-1: "Stratigraphic correlation of Megasequence AP7."