Markada Fm
Period:
Permian, Carboniferous, Devonian
Age Interval:
Famennian – Wuchiapingian, Sr (1,2)
Province:
Syria
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Syria, Column: SE Syria, Sawanet Mbr, Haloul Mbr, Athar Mbr
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Consists of three members: Sawanet Mbr, Haloul Mbr, Athar Mbr. Fine-grained sandstone interbedded with grey-black calcareous shale, limestone and siltstone. The depositional environment was one of shallow-marine to deltaic conditions. There is a Gap at the base of Kasimovian in the strat column, but shown as one continuous formation in the Lexicon format for convenience.
Lithology Pattern:
Fine-grained sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Abba Fm. It is shown there is a Gap at base of Kasimovian in the schematic strat column
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Doubayat Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Famennian – Wuchiapingian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Famennian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.65
Beginning date (Ma):
363.43
Ending stage:
Wuchiapingian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
254.24
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