Mishrif Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Cenomanian - Turonian, Iq2, UAE1
Province:
Iraq, United Arab Emirates
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Central Iraq, Column: United Arab Emirates
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
A belt of shoals and rudist patch reefs.
Lithology Pattern:
Reef limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Rumalia Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Kifl Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Cenomanian – Turonian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.9
Beginning date (Ma):
94.56
Ending stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.2
Ending date (Ma):
93.00
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."