Gulailah Fm
Period:
Triassic
Age Interval:
Olenekian – Norian, Qa1, UAE1
Province:
Qatar, United Arab Emirates
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Qatar, Column: United Arab Emirates
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone in the upper half, Claystone in the lower half
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Khuff Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Hamlah Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Olenekian – Norian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Olenekian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
249.88
Ending stage:
Norian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.85
Ending date (Ma):
208.97
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.