Hisban Fm
Period:
Triassic
Age Interval:
Anisian, J1
Province:
Jordan
Type Locality and Naming
Lithology and Thickness
Sandy limestone?
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Main Fm limestone or the coeval Suwayna Fm sandstone
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Salit Fm
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Anisian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Anisian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
246.70
Ending stage:
Anisian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.8
Ending date (Ma):
242.51
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006. pg 105, Fig. 9-1: "Stratigraphic correlation of the Late Permian-Liassic Megasequence (AP6)."