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Siq Sandstone Formation
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Siq Sandstone Fm base reconstruction

Siq Sandstone Fm


Period: 
Cambrian

Age Interval: 
Cambrian Stage 3 – Cambrian Stage 4, Sa (1,2,4)


Province: 
Saudi Arabia

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Saudi Arabia Outcrop, Saudi Arabia Subsurface, NW Saudi Arabia

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Sandstone


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Khurayshah Gr

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Burj Fm

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Cambrian Stage 3 – Cambrian Stage 4

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Cambrian Stage 3

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.9

    Beginning date (Ma): 
515.15

    Ending stage: 
Cambrian Stage 4

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.8

    Ending date (Ma):  
510.10

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