Mahatta Humaid Gr
Period:
Cambrian
Age Interval:
Province:
Oman
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Oman Subsurface; Upward succession of the Amin Fm, and coeval Miqrat Fm and Mahwis Fm
Synonym:
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Ghudun Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Mid-Cambrian Stage 3 through Guzhangian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Cambrian Stage 3
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.3
Beginning date (Ma):
519.05
Ending stage:
Guzhangian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
497.00
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From Forbes, G.A., Hansen, H.S.M., and Shreurs, J., 2010. Lexicon of Oman: Subsurface Stratigraphy. Gulf Petrolink, 371 pp. (plus enclosures and CD); and Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13. no. 4