Judea Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Albian – Cenomanian, Sr1
Province:
Syria
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Syria
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
~250m thick, this formation consists of compact, chalky limestone, chert nodules. The formation is heterogenous in nature and therefore variegated in color.
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Cherrife Shale Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Derro Volcanics Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Mostly a lumachelle of brachiopods and other fossils.
Age
Albian – Cenomanian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Albian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.7
Beginning date (Ma):
104.31
Ending stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
93.90
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. Syrie Int. 224-228.