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Nimra Formation
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Nimra Fm base reconstruction

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)."