Zabuk Fm
Period:
Cambrian
Age Interval:
Cambrian Stage 3 - Cambrian Stage 4, Sr1
Province:
Syria
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Syria
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Sandstone. Thickness of about 600m, this formation consists of pink quarzitic sandstone and conglomerate with thin inclusions of micaceous shale.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Basement
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:
0.8
Beginning date (Ma):
515.80
Ending stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.95
Ending date (Ma):
509.28
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