Qiseib Fm
Period:
Jurassic
Age Interval:
Kimmeridgian, Eg1
Province:
Egypt Gulf of Suez
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Egypt Gulf of Suez
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Sandstone
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
This is the oldest unit
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Malha Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Kimmeridgian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Kimmeridgian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.45
Beginning date (Ma):
152.29
Ending stage:
Kimmeridgian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.75
Ending date (Ma):
150.63
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. Schütz, 1994, Pg 92