Stratigraphy of the Gulf

Umm Er Radhuma

Amiran Sachum

Shiranish

Gudair

Tanuma Kifl

Rumaila

Rumaila

Ahmadi

Zagros Obduction

Wara

Fiqa Arada

Ilam

Fiqa Arada

Aruma Fiqa Shargi

Mbr Lusb Mur Mukalla

Dokan

Sarvak Natih

Natih

Harshiyat Mauddud

Kazhdumi

Kahmah

Qishn Carbonate Mbr

Kharaib

Lekhwair

Furt

Fahliyan

Lower Sarmord

Fahliyan

Salil

Habshan Garau

Chia Gara

Sulaiy

Lekhwair

Lekhwair

Salil

Rayda

142.0

Sailil Raydah Cherts

Upper Naifa/Saar Lower Naifa

Hith

Hawar

TITHONIAN

Lekhwair Lekhwar

Gotnia

Gotnia

Habshan

Sulaiy

Salil

Najmah

Jubaila

Surmeh

Surmeh

Tuwaiq Mountain

Tuwaiq Mountain

Sargelu

Sargelu

Muhawir

Sargelu

Sargelu

BAJOCIAN

180.1

I II

A B

A B

C

Alan

Mus Adaiyah

Nimr

Alan

Sehkaniyan

Mus Adaiyah

PLIENSBACHIAN SINEMURIAN HETTANGIAN

Mus

Sarki

Baluti

Mulussa

Kurra Chine

Uwainat

Izhara

Dhibi Limestone

Dhibi Limestone

Dhruma Shale

Dhruma Shale

Atash Mbr

Lower Araej

Sargelu BATHONIAN

Upper Marrat Lower Marrat

Upper Marrat Lower Marrat

Minjur

Minjur

Marrat

CARNIAN

Jilh

Gulailah

AP6

Jilh

Jilh

Aghar Sudair

Saiq Mirga Mir

GRIESBACHIAN

Sudair

Sudair

Hagil

Sudair

Sudair

Kangan

Kangan

SMITHIAN

Sudair

DIENERIAN

Lower

Nar

Chia Zairi

Khuff

Khuff

Khuff

Bih

Khuff

Umm Irna

Ga'ara Upper Ga 'ara Lower Ga 'ara

Amanous

SAKMARIAN

Chatishen

Gharif

Rahab Shale

Unayzah

Unayzah

Unayzah

ARTINSKIAN

Unayzah B

AP5

283.0

SAKMARIAN

Lower Gharif

Ga'ara

Lower Jubah

FRASNIAN GIVETIAN

Misfar

EIFELIAN

EIFELIAN

EMSIAN

EMSIAN

PRAGIAN

STRATIGRAPHIC LEGEND

Jauf

Tawil

Tawil

PRAGIAN

AP3

Hi gh

ERA

(Erathem)

po Al ep

e ult Zon

Sea F a

PRIDOLI LUDFORDIAN

Limestone

Suffi

GORSTIAN

GORSTIAN

Akkas Sahmah

Tanf

443

445

440

Affendi Bedinan

Risha

Gahkum

Anhydrite

Hasirah

CARADOC

Salt Khabour

Dubeidib

LLANVIRN

Swab

Hiswa

AP2

TREMADOC

Umm Sahim

LATE

Disi

MIDDLE

520

520

Swab

Burj

Burj

Zabuk 545.0

570.0

540.0

Zardkuh

?

Ilebeyk

Sosink Salib

EARLY

Zardkuh

Khanasser ?

Umm Ishrin

Salib

Khabour

Mila

C B A

Lalun

Saih Nihayda

Zardkuh

Volcanics Ophiolite

Mabrouk Mbr Amin

Barik Mbr Haradh

Ara

TELYCHIAN

Qusaiba Mbr

Karim

Sarah

Quwarah Mbr Ra'an Mbr Kahfah Mbr Hanadir Mbr

Saq Burj

Mahwis

Nimr Gp

Siq

Quwarah Mbr Ra'an Mbr Kahfah Mbr Hanadir Mbr

Kharus

?

Hormuz

Saramuj

Soltanieh

Nafun Gp Hajir

Shuram

Source rock Gundir Mangil

Basement

440

445

443

ASHGILL CARADOC LLANVIRN

AP2

ARENIG TREMADOC

Risha Mbr

LATE

Burj Siq/Yatib

HYDROCARBON LEGEND Gas reservoir

Kufai

Abu Mahara Gp

Polar Glaciation of West Arabia

MIDDLE

520

520

540.0

570.0

EARLY

545.0

Oil reservoir

Buah

Masirah

?

AERONIAN RHUDDANIAN

Sajir Mbr

Zaigun

Barut AP1

Ghudun Barakat Mbr

Miqrat

Qusaiba Mbr

SHEINWOODIAN

Siltstone Qasim

Mudwwara

Safiq Gp

AERONIAN RHUDDANIAN

HOMERIAN

Sharawra Mbr

Saq

Kish Sha

TELYCHIAN

Sharawra Mbr Qalibah

Suffi

SHEINWOODIAN

Qalibah

Dolomite Basinal marl, shale and limestone Sandstone

HOMERIAN

CARBONIFEROUS

LOCHKOVIAN

Hormuz Series

Najd Wrench System

PALEOZOIC (Pz)

AP3

LUDFORDIAN

Jauf

OMAN

20

Arabian Sea

YEMEN Ma rib Gr ab en

Sana’a 500

f of

40

Gul

44

n

Ade

48

52

56

16

60

Fold/thrust belts

Ophiolites

Intraplate inversion zone

Calcarenite alkaline volcanics

Tertiary basins

Alkaline basalts

Hercynian mobile zone

Crystalline basement

Main structural high

Spreading axis

Extension, normal fault Oil fields Compression, thrust or reverse fault

Gas fields

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AP1

INFRA-CAMBRIAN

Many sources were used for the update and construction of this provisional version, and more information is continuously becoming available in the public domain. Crucially, Sharland et al. are in the process of publishing a revised megasequence framework for the Middle East which will have impact on our regional understanding of age assignments for the lithostratigraphic rock units. The chart will be updated and submitted for full technical and editorial review with the objective of publication, accompanied by a full bibliography, in GeoArabia later this year.

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Stratigraphy of the Gulf PROTEROZOIC

GIVETIAN

364

FAMENNIAN

Lower Jubah

SILURIAN

FRASNIAN

364

354.0

DEVONIAN

Chalki

362.5

ORDOVICIAN

Kaista

354.0

EARLY

TOURNAISIAN

Upper Jubah

Upper Jubah

CAMBRIAN

364

FAMENNIAN

Misfar Pirispiki Chalki

Mahatta Humaid Gp

LATE EARLY MID.

Precambrian Salt Basins

This chart represents developments in stratigraphy for the greater Arabian Gulf area, published during the period 2000 - 2003, and builds on the extensive work of Moujahed Al-Husseini and Neil Stewart, illustrated by the 'Preliminary Chronostratigraphic Chart of the Gulf Region' published by Gulf PetroLink in 2000. This chart maintains the same presentation format, portraying generalised stratigraphic columns at representative sites. Similarly, the simplified lithology is expressed with the widely recognised standard GeoArabia colours. New to this chart, is the tectonic megasequence framework of Sharland et al. (2000).

LATE

364

Ora Kaista

Ora

MIDDLE

354.0

EARLY

362.5

LUDLOW

TOURNAISIAN

VISEAN

Pre-Unayzah Unconformity

Markada

WENLOCK

Harur

LATE

NAMURIAN

AP4

LLANDOVERY

VISEAN

INFRA-CAMBRIAN

ain s

Provisional Stratigraphy of the Greater Arabian Gulf Region

STEPHANIAN

Berwath

Qasim

LATE LATE MIDDLE LUDLOW WENLOCK LLANDOVERY

SILURIAN ORDOVICIAN

Al Khlata Equivalent ?

Alpine Glaciation of Southern Arabia

AP4

ASHGILL

CAMBRIAN

295.0

WESTPHALIAN

LOCHKOVIAN

PALEOZOIC (Pz)

?

Hercynian Orogeny

NAMURIAN

EARLY

DEVONIAN

Al Khlata

Al Khlata

354.0

PROTEROZOIC

?

WESTPHALIAN

ARENIG

u nt

ASSELIAN Rahab

295.0

STEPHANIAN

EARLY

CARBONIFEROUS

ASSELIAN

PRIDOLI

Dead

KUNGURIAN

Unayzah A

??

Faraghan

KAZANIAN UFIMIAN

255.0

Middle and Upper Gharif

Haushi

24

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248.2

Khuff

Pre-Khuff Unconformity Middle and Upper Gharif

245.0

TATARIAN

Khuff

Khuff

Khuff

Dalan

283.0

(System)

GRIESBACHIAN

251.4 Dolaa

Tre nd

Mo

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SPATHIAN

Upper

251.4

ARTINSKIAN

PERIOD

241.2

Nijili

Fa ult

an

Muscat

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EARLY Scythian

Amanous Shale

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TRIASSIC (Tr)

LADINIAN

Sudair

DIENERIAN

UAE

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Beduh

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Makran Zone

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205.7

Minjur

Jilh

241.2

KUNGURIAN

208.0

Minjur

Gulailah

Riyadh

TOARCIAN

205.1

Jilh

24

AALENIAN

?

Jilh

Doha

Arabian Shield

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PERMIAN

Dashtak

Jilh

lf

QATAR

182

MIDDLE

Dashtak

Mahil

Gu

BAHRAIN

Dhruma

PLIENSBACHIAN SINEMURIAN HETTANGIAN

Elphinstone Group

SAUDI ARABIA

ian

BAJOCIAN

Ghail

SPATHIAN

255.0

(Series)

CALLOVIAN

RHAETIANNORIAN

Geli Khana

TATARIAN

EPOCH

Najmah

Middle Dhruma

Hamlah

Ghalilah Milaha

Mulussa B

SMITHIAN

PLIOCENE

159.4

Tuwaiq Mountain

Minjur

Khaneh Kat

EARLY Scythian

Tuwaiq Mountain

OXFORDIAN

227.4

Ramon Group ANISIAN

AP7

LATE

AP6

AP5

Hanifa

KIMMERIDGIAN

Lias

Mulussa B

KAZANIAN UFIMIAN

Hanifa

Upper Araej

28

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LATE

MIDDLE

LADINIAN

245.0

Diyab Darb (Hanifa)

2nd Anhydrite 2nd Salt 3rd Anhydrite 3rd Salt 4th Anhydrite

Kurra Chine Dolomite

227.4

248.2

Jubaila

TITHONIAN

180.1

Neyriz

Kurra Chine Anhydrite CARNIAN

Jubaila

Middle Dhruma

?

?

Zor Hauran

Fahahl IV (Jubaila)

Hamlah

205.1

RHAETIANNORIAN

1st Salt

Lower Araej

Lower Mafraq

Neyriz

D

Upper Dhruma

Basement ?

Adaiyah

1st Anhydrite

D

Upper Dhruma

Mus

Adaiyah

C

C

Blo

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Ar

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Izhara

Ubaid 208.0

Uwainat

Shale Marker

Alan

Butmah 205.7

Upper Araej

Kohlan

?

III

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BERRIASIAN

142.0

EARLY MID.

EARLY Lias

TOARCIAN

142.0 145.8 149

A B

Upper Mafraq

Alan

Minagish

EARLY

182

Sulaiy

Sulaiy

VALANGINIAN

4th Salt

Dhruma

Sargelu

AALENIAN

LATE

Dhruma

Sahtan Group

MIDDLE Dogger

Shuqra

BATHONIAN

Yamama

Hith

Hanifa

Hanifa

CALLOVIAN

Yamama

Diyab (Dukhan)

Madbi Hanifa

Haramoun

HAUTERIVIAN

Ratawi

Hith

Lam

Najmah

Buwaib

Hith

Asab

Musanda Group

Naolelekan

BARREMIAN

Zubair

Hith

Lam Najmah

Biyadh

Hith

Ayad

Jubaila

Ratawi

Sirja

28

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APTIAN

Shu' aiba

Rayda

D KIMMERIDGIAN

Kharaib

Unnamed Clastic

Shu' aiba

Habshan

Gotnia

LATE Malm

Yamama Yamama

Nasr

Lekhwair

Arab

Barsarin

Uplift due to thermal doming and Gondwana break-up

Hawar

Kharaib kharaib

Kharaib

Sabatayn

Hith

Hawar

32

re

Produced by:

MESOZOIC (Mz)

Kharaib

Shu' aiba

tu

be n

AP8

JURASSIC (J)

Shu' aiba Qishn Clastic Mbr

Habshan

Yamama

Zangura

159.4

ALBIAN

Burgan

Neocomian "EARLY"

Gadvan

Garagu

Ratawi

Arad Group

Mauddud

LATE Malm

Gadvan

Shu' aiba

Ra ng es

Su

Index Map

MIDDLE Dogger

Shu' aiba

Shu' aiba

os

LEGEND

Khafji Mbr Shu' aiba

aj

gr

KUWAIT

G ra

36

EARLY Lias

Dariyan

Garau

Kahmah

Balambo

Middle Sarmord

Zubair

AP7

Wara

Mauddud Mbr

Nahr Umr

Nahr Umr

Lower Qamchuqa

BARREMIAN

142.0 145.8 149

Nahr Umr

Az ra q

Km

Bab

Shu' aiba

VALANGINIAN

98.9

Harshiyat

APTIAN

HAUTERIVIAN

CENOMANIAN

Safaniya Mbr Nahr Umr

Nahr Umr

Za

Reproduced from Konert et al. (2001) by permission of Gulf PetroLink

Safaniya Mbr

Lower Rutbah

?

BERRIASIAN

Nahr Umr

Be lt

Central Iran Micro-plates

M ag

JORDAN

TURONIAN

Wara Mbr

Mauddud Mbr

Mauddud

IRAN

Do kh ta r

Sa na nd

Amman

N

LATE

Upper Rutbah

Mauddud

Wara Mbr

IRAQ

h

16

SANTONIAN CONIACIAN

Ahmadi

Rays Mbr

Upper Sarmord

Nahr Umr

Ahmadi

Baghdad

Ahmadi Mbr

Ahmadi Mbr

Shilaif

Za gr os Fo ld

ie

20

Rumaila

Khatiyah/

Khatiyah Fartaq

Rumaila Mbr

m

Na

92

Gotnia

AP8

Sufia Mbr

CAMPANIAN

Mishrif

Mishrif

Rumaila Mbr

Tuwayil Mishrif

Mishrif

AP9

36

Central Iran

Tehran

ria Sy uth orm So latf P

0

Gudair

Mishrif

Dokan

E

Kopeh D agh

gh

MAASTRICHTIAN

Mishrif

Ruwaydah

DANIAN

Hi

65.0

Bahra

Rulat Halul Laffan

Halul

Laffan

L

Aruma

Mishrif

Semail Ophiolite Obduction 1st Alpine Event

Ahmadi

Fiqa

Halul

Laffan

Surgah

Simsima

Fiqa

Aruma

Ilam

Mukalla

Mukalla

Fiqa Shargi

Upper Qamchuqa Kurnub

Fiqa

65.0

Tayarat Aruma

Mauddud

Hayyan

ALBIAN

Simsima

Simsima

Mahil Ban

Ahmadi

98.9

Ilam

Gulneri

Gir Mergi Bir

Mishrif

Judea

Gurpi

Kometan

Rutbah

Fuhays Na'ur

Lopha

Simsima

THANETIAN

55.0 65.5

Simsima Equiv

Sudair

"MIDDLE"

M'sad

Radhuma

Umm Er Radhuma

Umm Er Radhuma

Thamama Gp

Shueib hummar

Judea Group

Mishrif

Wadi Assir

Khasib Kifl

Khasib

Umm Er Radhuma

Arab

Derro

Mushorah

Sa'di Tanuma

Umm Er Radhuma

Thamama Gp

Umm Ghadnan

Mushorah

Sa'di

Bekhme

Hartha

Shiranish

ish

Hartha

an

Hartha

Amman

Umm Er Radhuma

E

ss

Alb orz

ul

SYRIA

Rus

Shammer Shale

Tarbur

Gurpi

Tanjero

ir Sh

Soukhne

AP9 CAMPANIAN

Emam Hasan

Safawi

Rus

Sharwayn

Aqra

Shiranish

Ghareb

Medj Zin

Aqra

Digma

Tayarat

Umm Er Radhuma

Rus

Rus Jaza Umm Er

Wasia

65.5

Rus

YPRESIAN

"MIDDLE"

Sinjar

MIOCENE

AP10

Si

lei

os

Z o ne

Dammam

&

Kh

M ia-

a Fr a cture

Rus

Khurmala 65.0

LUTETIAN

Dammam

Lower Pabdeh (Hamidiyah)

Pabdeh

Damman

Dammam

60

enShe b

Jahrum

Dammam

56

Ow

Dammam

Wasia

Aaliji

L

52

a Se

Aaliji

DANIAN

CENOMANIAN

LATE

34

CENOZOIC (Cz)

33.7

E

M

Kashkan

Umm Er Radhuma

32

TERTIARY (TT)

RUPELIAN

L

BARTONIAN

Kolosh Clastics

92

EARLY

CHATTIAN

Red Sea Rift Eastward tilt of Arabian Plate

Rus

Muwaqqai

TURONIAN

JURASSIC (J)

23.8

PALEOGENE (Pg)

Asmari

23.3

l Pa

Damascus

AQUITANIAN

23.8

Arab

EOCENE

Upper Pabdeh (Hamriyah)

Umm Rijam

SANTONIAN CONIACIAN

TRIASSIC (Tr)

Dam

Gercus Jahrum

THANETIAN

M

LANGHIAN

PRIABONIAN

Pabdeh

YPRESIAN

L

T jar

n

BURDIGALIAN

Shahbazan Pila Spi

Jaddala

55.0

"LATE" (Senonian)

Lower Fars

Hadrukh

Asmari Fm Equivalent

Aleh Zang

"EARLY" Neocomian

Gachsaran

Taqa

Jaddala

Shallala/Ma'an

MAASTRICHTIAN

PERMIAN

AP11

Ghar

Taqa

Sheikh Alas

Avanah

LUTETIAN

OXFORDIAN

Unnamed Formation

Dam

Pabdeh

M

E

SERRAVALLIAN

2nd Alpine Event

AP10

PALEOCENE

Asmari

Ahwaz

Baba

Palani

TORTONIAN

hs

ug

ro

ra my

Med Sea

48

Caspian Sea

CRETACEOUS (K)

Sheikh Alas

E

44

Mardin High

36

E

Anah

PRIABONIAN

65.0

MESOZOIC (Mz)

Lower Fars

Fars

Shurau

Shurau

33.7

Tarjil

BARTONIAN

L

Mishan

Lower Fars

Razak

Semail Ophiolite

OLIGOCENE

RUPELIAN

34

E

CRETACEOUS (K)

Baba

ZANCLEAN MESSINIAN

Hofuf

Bajawan Bajawan

L

Mishan

Kalhur

Azkand

PIACENZIAN

Asmari

Anhydrite Ibrahim

QUATERNARY

40

e

d Re

PALEOGENE (Pg)

Euphrates

Palani

CHATTIAN

Azkand

Anah

APM

Dibdibba

Hofuf

Guri Lower Fars

Serikagni

23.8

KUWAIT

ur Sut

n

TERTIARY (TT)

23.3

SAUDI ARABIA

tli s Bi

Oma

CENOZOIC (Cz)

23.8

L

Hofuf

Upper Fars

Jeribe Limestone Dhiban

BAHRAIN

ABU DHABI

Salt

AQUITANIAN

E

QATAR

NORTHERN EMIRATES

EAST

Agha Jari

Lower Fars

E

L

WEST

5.32

Lahbari

Gacharsan

BURDIGALIAN

SOUTH

36

TURKEY

c

Jeribe Serikagni

CENTRAL

1.64

Zagros Mountains

AP11

NORTH

Agha Jari

Zahra

Lower Fars

INTERIOR FARS

NEOGENE (Ng)

Lahbari Upper Fars

Saqiye Grp

COASTAL FARS Bakhtiari

Upper Fars

SERRAVALLIAN

KHUZESTAN

OLIGOCENE

Lisan

TORTONIAN

LANGHIAN

LURESTAN

Upper Bakhtiari Lower Bakhtiari

Bakhtiari 5.32

KURDISTAN

EOCENE

1.64

NORTH

PALEOCENE

WEST

"LATE" (Senonian)

SOUTH

Gradstein and OGG (1996)

NORTHEAST

Harland et al (1990)

SOUTHWEST

ICS (2002)

ICS (2002)

JORDAN

AGE (Stage)

Ar

M

UAE

tic

MIOCENE

L

YEMEN

Qatar

ZANCLEAN MESSINIAN

OMAN

Thamama Kahmah Group

E

IRAN

ma

NEOGENE (Ng)

PIACENZIAN

IRAQ

u

L

SYRIA

Ur

PLIOCENE

QUATERNARY

Harland et al (1990)

APM

Gradstein and OGG (1996)

(Series)

EPOCH

(System)

PERIOD

ERA

(Erathem)

AGE (Stage)

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