Jurassic deposits in well sections of Aleppo plateau (N. Syria)‎ : correlation with type formations

Abstract EN

The micropaleontological study of hole sections in Aleppo Plateau, allow the dating of Jurassic deposits in this area: Bajocian – Bathonian age for the upper part, Liassic age probably for the lower.

The correlation of hole sections, and the section of Kurd Dag mountain in the north, show that Jurassic deposits are present only on the border of Aleppo Plateau, which had been emerged during all the Jurassic period.

The correlation with the Mesozoic formations in their type localities in Iraq gave important modifications to the data adapted by the petroleum geologists: the Jurassic deposits in Aleppo Plateau are equivalent to “Sergelu Formation” in Iraq, not to “Qamchuka Formation” which is of lower Cretaceous age.