Ruwaydah Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Turonian, UAE1
Province:
United Arab Emirates
Type Locality and Naming
Column: United Arab Emirates
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Tuwayil Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Laffan Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Turonian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
93.90
Ending stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.55
Ending date (Ma):
91.42
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.