Wata Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Turonian – Coniacian, Eg1
Province:
Egypt Gulf of Suez
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Egypt Gulf of Suez
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Consists of macrofossil-rich, massive limestones, dolomites, and marls.
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Abu Qada Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Matulla Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Turonian – Coniacian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.45
Beginning date (Ma):
91.87
Ending stage:
Coniacian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
85.70
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. Schütz, 1994, Pg 92