Uqlah Fm
Period:
Silurian
Age Interval:
Rhuddanian, Sa1
Province:
Saudi Arabia
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Saudi Arabia Outcrop
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Sandstone
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Sarah Fm, unconformity at the base
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Qusaiba Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Rhuddanian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
443.07
Ending stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.25
Ending date (Ma):
442.43
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