Sinjar Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Selandian – Lutetian, Sr1
Province:
Syria
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Syria
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone, often chalky with occasional flint and glauconite. Nummulitic chalk.
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Shiranish Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Jaddala Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Selandian – Lutetian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Selandian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.6
Beginning date (Ma):
60.21
Ending stage:
Lutetian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.35
Ending date (Ma):
45.61
Depositional setting
In some areas, formation shows algal reef facies, lagoonal facies, and shoal nummulitic facies. Therefore, it is understood that this formation was deposited not as one continuous shoal or lagoon, but a series of many, separate reef banks and islands.
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4. Syrie Inter pg 261-262.