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Haushi Formation
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Haushi Fm base reconstruction

Haushi Fm


Period: 
Permian

Age Interval: 
Artinskian – Roadian, Qa1, UAE1


Province: 
Qatar, United Arab Emirates

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Qatar, Column: United Arab Emirates

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Sandstone


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates this is the oldest unit

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Khuff Fm

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Artinskian – Roadian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Artinskian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.15

    Beginning date (Ma): 
289.43

    Ending stage: 
Roadian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.8

    Ending date (Ma):  
270.24

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.