Mughanniuua Fm
Period:
Jurassic
Age Interval:
Toarcian – Tithonian, J1
Province:
Jordan
Type Locality and Naming
Column: NE Jordan
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Carbonate
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Sidal Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Kurnub Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Toarcian – Tithonian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Toarcian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.95
Beginning date (Ma):
175.18
Ending stage:
Tithonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.2
Ending date (Ma):
148.01
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."