Sosnik Fm
Period:
Cambrian
Age Interval:
Drumian – Tremadocian, Sr1
Province:
Syria
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Syria
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Sandstone
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Burj Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Khanaser Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Drumian – Tremadocian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Drumian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
502.50
Ending stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.25
Ending date (Ma):
484.41
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