Khanaser Fm
Period:
Ordovician
Age Interval:
Tremadocian – Dapingian, Sr (1,2)
Province:
Syria
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Syria, Column: SE Syria
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Quartzitic sandstone, with some continental shales.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Sosnik Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Swab Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Tremadocian – Dapingian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.25
Beginning date (Ma):
484.41
Ending stage:
Dapingian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
469.42
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