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Thamama Gr

Thamama Gr


Period: 
Cretaceous, Jurassic

Age Interval: 
Tithonian – Aptian, Kw1


Province: 
Kuwait

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Kuwait; Consists of Sulaiy Fm, Minagish Fm, Ralawi Fm, Zubair Fm, Shu'aiba Fm

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness


Lithology Pattern: 
Limestone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

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

Upper contact

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

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Tithonian – Aptian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Tithonian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.8

    Beginning date (Ma): 
144.33

    Ending stage: 
Aptian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.4

    Ending date (Ma):  
118.12

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4.