Sa'di Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Santonian – Campanian, Iq2
Province:
Iraq
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Central Iraq
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Formation comprises of white, chalky, clayey and globigerinal limestones with a well-developed 60m thick marl bed at the top. 300m at type section.
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Santonian – Campanian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Santonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.1
Beginning date (Ma):
85.50
Ending stage:
Campanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
77.91
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006. pg 141, Fig. 12-1: "Stratigraphic correlation of formations of the Late Early Turonian-Danian Megasequence"