Ghar Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Burdigalian, Iq3, Kw1
Province:
Iraq, Kuwait
Type Locality and Naming
Lithology and Thickness
Comprises thick sandstone and conglomerate with rare anhydrite, clay, and sandy limestone beds. More silty beds and an increasing number of limestone and marl beds occur towards the NE. 100-150m thick at type section.
Lithology Pattern:
Conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Euphrates Fm with an unconformity. In Kuwait it is Dammam Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Jeribe Fm with an unconformity. In Kuwait it is Lower Fars Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Burdigalian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Burdigalian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.2
Beginning date (Ma):
19.56
Ending stage:
Burdigalian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.6
Ending date (Ma):
17.77
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)."