Mauddud Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Albian - Cenomanian, Iq (2,3), UAE1
Province:
Iraq, United Arab Emirates
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Central Iraq, Column: Rutba Uplift (W Iraq), Column: United Arab Emirates
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Comprises frequently dolomitized organodetrital limestone. In the subsurface the formation is 50-250m thick.
Lithology Pattern:
Dolomitic limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Nahr Umr Fm
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Albian – Cenomanian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Albian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.7
Beginning date (Ma):
104.31
Ending stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.3
Ending date (Ma):
98.52
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006. pg 124, Fig. 11-1: "Stratigraphic correlation of formation of Megasequence AP8."