Era

Period

Age

Formation

Explanation

Cenozoic

Quaternary

Holocene-Pleistocene

Recent sediments, Hauran Sandy gravel.

Alluvial sediments, valley & depression fills, etc.

Tertiary

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Late Miocene-Pliocene

Zahra Fn.

Limestone, sandy Limestone.

Middle Miocene

Nefile Fn.

Marl, silty claystone, Limestone.

Late Miocene

Ghar Fn.

Sandstone & calcareous silty Sandstone.

Early Oligocene

Shurau/shiekh Alas Fns.

Carbonate rocks.

Early-Late Eocene

Rattga Fn.

Fossiliferous dolomitic chalky, phosphatic Limestone

Middle-Late Paleocene

Akashat Fn.

Phosphatic limestone, marly Dolostone. Chalky Fossiliferous Limestone.

Mesozoic

Cretaceous

Early-Late Maestrichtian

Digma Fn.

Sandy limestone interbedded with silty sandstone. Marl and Dolomite.

Late Campanian-Late Maestrichtian

Hartha-Tayarat Fns.

Dolomitic limestone, silty clay Limestone sandy, Marl.

Cenomanian-Turonian

Rutba-Msad Fns.

Dolomitic Limestone-silty sandstones

Albian-Cenomanian

Naher Umer-Maudod Fns.

Silt, Sandstone, Marl, dolostone, Limestone

Jurassic

Bathonian

Muhaywir Fn

Marl, sandstones, carbonate

Lias

Amij-Hussayniyat Fns.

Claystones, sandstones, Iron Ore and dolomite

Lias

Ubaid Fn.

Dolomite, Gypsious, Marl, Dolomitic Limestone

Triassic

Rhaetic

Zor Hauran Fn

Marl, marly Limestone, Dolostone, Gypsious Marl

Carnian-Nornian

Mullusi Fn.

Limestone, dolomite limestone, and dolostone.

Paleozoic

Permo-carboniferous

Early-late Permian

Ga’ra Fn.

Interbedded of clay stones & sandstones