The Middle to Late Triassic of Central Saudi Arabia with emphasis on the Jilh Formation. Part I: lithostratigraphy, facies and paleoenvironments, palaeontology and biostratigraphic age calibration from outcrop studies

• Published in: Comptes rendus. Geoscience Vol. 355; no. S2; pp. 1 - 31
• Main Authors: Le Nindre, Yves-Michel, Vaslet, Denis, Vrielynck, Bruno, Krystyn, Leopold, Manivit, Jacques, Memesh, Abdullah, Davies, Roger Brett
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Académie des Sciences. Institut de France 01.01.2023; Académie des sciences
• Subjects: Age; Ammonoids; Biostratigraphy; Calibration; Carbonates; Conodonts; Geologists; Geology; Jilh Formation; Jurassic; Paleoenvironments; Paleontology; Sandstone; Saudi Arabia; Stratigraphy; Tidal flats; Triassic

The Middle to Late Triassic (Anisian–Carnian) Jilh Formation crops out along an approximately 880 km belt in Central Saudi Arabia to the east of the Proterozoic Arabian Shield. This outcrop belt has been mapped, described and analysed in detail, first by geologists of the BRGM (1990–1991) and more r...