Ga'ara Fm
Period:
Permian
Age Interval:
Asselian – Capitanian, Iq3, Sa4
Province:
Iraq, Saudi Arabia
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Rutba Uplift (W Iraq), Column: NW Saudi Arabia
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Comprises cross-bedded sandstones overlying mottled mudstones with occasional thick cross-bedded sandstone beds.
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Bir El Rah Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as the Mulussa Fm (Rutba uplift of W. Iraq) or Unayzah Gr (NW Saudi Arabia).
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Asselian – Capitanian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Asselian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
298.89
Ending stage:
Roadian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
269.21
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006. pg 156, Fig. 14-2: "Stratigraphic correlation of formations of Megasequence AP11 (Excluding the Quaternary)."