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Kuwait Gr

Kuwait Gr


Period: 
Neogene

Age Interval: 
Aquitanian – Tortonian, Kw1


Province: 
Kuwait

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Kuwait; consists of Ghar Fm, Lower Fars Fm, Dibdibba Fm

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Hasa Gr

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates this as a youngest unit

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Aquitanian – Tortonian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Aquitanian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.7

    Beginning date (Ma): 
21.23

    Ending stage: 
Tortonian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.1

    Ending date (Ma):  
11.19

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4.