Hormuz Salt Fm
Period:
Cambrian, Ediacaran
Age Interval:
Ediacaran – Cambrian Stage 2, Sa2, Ir1
Province:
Saudi Arabia, Iran
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Saudi Arabia Subsurface, Column: Zagros sedimentary basin (general)
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Salt
Lithology Pattern:
Halite
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Basement in Saudi Arabia Subsurface and Zagros sedimentary basin (general)
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Siq Sandstone Fm with Pre-Siq Unconformity in Saudi Arabia Subsurface. Barut Fm in Zagros sedimentary basin (general).
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Ediacaran – Cambrian Stage 2
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Ediacaran
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.55
Beginning date (Ma):
582.09
Ending stage:
Cambrian Stage 2
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.4
Ending date (Ma):
525.80
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