Qalibah Fm
Period:
Silurian
Age Interval:
Telychian – Sheinwoodian, Sa4
Province:
Saudi Arabia
Type Locality and Naming
Column: NW Saudi Arabia
Synonym: Qalibah Gr
Lithology and Thickness
Soil
Lithology Pattern:
Soil
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Zaqa Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Jauf Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Telychian - Sheinwoodian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Telychian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.9
Beginning date (Ma):
433.50
Ending stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
430.62
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