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Ralawi Formation
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Ralawi Fm base reconstruction

Ralawi Fm


Period: 
Cretaceous

Age Interval: 
Valanginian, Kw1


Province: 
Kuwait

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Kuwait; Middle formation in Thamama Gr in Kuwait

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Limestone


Lithology Pattern: 
Limestone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Minagish Fm

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Zubair Fm

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Valanginian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Valanginian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.7

    Beginning date (Ma): 
134.13

    Ending stage: 
Valanginian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
132.60

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.