Sahl As Suwwan Fm
Period:
Ordovician
Age Interval:
Floian – Darriwilian, J1
Province:
Jordan
Type Locality and Naming
Column: NE Jordan
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Claystone
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Amud Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Qasim Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Floian – Darriwilian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Floian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
477.08
Ending stage:
Darriwilian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.4
Ending date (Ma):
464.92
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006. pg 92, Fig. 8-1: "Stratigraphic correlation of megasequences AP1 to AP5 for Iraq and surrounding countries."