R'mah Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Coniacian – Campanian, Sr1
Province:
Syria
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Syria
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Member of the Soukhne Fm. Beds of chert several meters thick in alternation with marly phosphatic limestone, full of fish debris.
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Derro Volcanics Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Shiranish Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Coniacian – Campanian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Coniacian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.2
Beginning date (Ma):
88.65
Ending stage:
Campanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.92
Ending date (Ma):
73.09
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. Syrie Int. pg 262-268.