Sarah Fm
Period:
Ordovician
Age Interval:
Hirnantian, Sa (1,2), Iq3
Province:
Saudi Arabia, Iraq
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Saudi Arabia Outcrop, Saudi Arabia Subsurface, Rutba Uplift (W Iraq)
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Sandstone
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Qasim Fm. In Rutba Uplift (W Iraq), it is Khabour Fm
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Hirnantian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Hirnantian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
445.21
Ending stage:
Hirnantian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
443.07
Depositional setting
Glacial
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4