Maliha Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Cenomanian, Sa1
Province:
Saudi Arabia
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Saudi Arabia Outcrop
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Brown and yellow-weathering, fine-grained to very fine-grained quartz sandstone, in part silty, with scattered quartz pebbles. Pronounced cross bedding is generally well developed except in uppermost part.
Lithology Pattern:
Fine-grained sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Qiba Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Khanasir Mbr Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Cenomanian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.6
Beginning date (Ma):
96.54
Ending stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.85
Ending date (Ma):
94.89
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. Steineke et. al., 1958, Page 1310