Derro Volcanics Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Turonian – Coniacian, Sr1
Province:
Syria
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Syria
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Member of Soukhne Fm, formed from the erosion of an uplifted area in Central Syria
Lithology Pattern:
Volcanics
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Judea Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as R'mah Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Turonian – Coniacian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
93.90
Ending stage:
Coniacian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.2
Ending date (Ma):
88.65
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 262-268.