Lower Fars Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Burdigalian – Langhian, Sr1
Province:
Syria, Kuwait
Lithology and Thickness
Clayey limestone and Evaporite. There are beds of anhydrite, mudstones, and thin limestones, which overlie the "Basal Fars Conglomerate." (Jeribe Fm.). And a top "Upper Red Beds" portion which is comprised of red mudstones, siltstones, and limestone. The Upper part of the formation is 400m, followed by a basal unit of 220m, with 100m of cyclically interbedded gypsum and green marl. In Kuwait it is Anhydrite.
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Upper Fars Fm. In Kuwait it is Dibdibba Fm
Regional extent
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Fossils
Age
Burdigalian – Langhian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Burdigalian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.95
Beginning date (Ma):
16.21
Ending stage:
Langhian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
13.82
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. Geology of Iraq pg. 44, 63, 178-183, 186.