Malha Fm
Period:
Cretaceous, Jurassic
Age Interval:
Kimmeridgian – Albian, Eg1
Province:
Egypt Gulf of Suez
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Egypt Gulf of Suez
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Also known as Nubia "A" Formation; composed of medium to coarse, cross-bedded red sandstones of a braided-river environment, with occasional shale and rare limestone layers.
Lithology Pattern:
Coarse-grained sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Qiseib Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Raha Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Kimmeridgian – Albian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Kimmeridgian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.75
Beginning date (Ma):
150.63
Ending stage:
Albian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.7
Ending date (Ma):
104.31
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. Schütz, 1994, Pg 92