Pabdah Dubai Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Bartonian – Chattian, UAE1
Province:
United Arab Emirates
Type Locality and Naming
Column: United Arab Emirates
Synonym: Pabdah Dubai 3, Pabdah Dubai 2, Pabdah Dubai 1
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone. Further divided into Pabdah Dubai 3, Pabdah Dubai 2, Pabdah Dubai 1.
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Dammam Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Lower Fars Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Bartonian – Chattian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Bartonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.9
Beginning date (Ma):
38.04
Ending stage:
Chattian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
25.16
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4.