Khabour Fm
Period:
Ordovician
Age Interval:
Sandbian – Katian, Iq3
Province:
Iraq
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Rutba Uplift (W Iraq)
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Comprises beds of thin-bedded, fine-grained quartzite, siltstone, and micaceous shale.
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Sarah Fm
Regional extent
Equivalent to the Swab Fm and Afendi Fm in SE Syria, the Qasim Fm in NW Saudi Arabia, and the Umm Tarifa Fm in Jordan.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Sandbian – Katian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Sandbian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
458.18
Ending stage:
Katian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
445.21
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006. pg 92, Fig. 8-1: "Stratigraphic correlation of megasequences AP1 to AP5 for Iraq and surrounding countries."