Nimra Fm
Period:
Jurassic
Age Interval:
Sinemurian – Pliensbachian, 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 Dahab Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Sidal Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Sinemurian – Pliensbachian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Sinemurian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.6
Beginning date (Ma):
195.52
Ending stage:
Pliensbachian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.7
Ending date (Ma):
186.81
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006. pg 105, Fig. 9-1:: "Stratigraphic correlation of the Late Permian-Liassic Megasequence (AP6)."