Sallah Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Aptian, Sa1
Province:
Saudi Arabia
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Saudi Arabia Outcrop
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Biyadh Sandstone Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Huraysan Fm
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Aptian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Aptian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.4
Beginning date (Ma):
118.12
Ending stage:
Aptian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.7
Ending date (Ma):
115.66
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