Najeeb Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Bashkirian - Gzhelian, Sr2
Province:
Syria
Type Locality and Naming
Column: SE Syria
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Claystone
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Markada Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit is Heil Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Bashkirian – Gzhelian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
323.40
Ending stage:
Gzhelian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
298.89
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006, pg 92, Fig. 8-1: "Stratigraphic correlation of megasequences AP1 to AP5 for Iraq and surrounding countries."