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Period Epoch Formation Member Description Potcntial
Aquifer
Holocene
> noollan sands,
Sabkha deposits
c lacustrlno marls
as avaporitos
£ o O morlno
3
a •s limestones
K.
as chalky,
s c Neogene detrital
u o limestones, Aquiclude
£ Complex shale and
i CL
gray marl
Porous, Zone A
Vugular
Limestone
detrital
_co Limostono Aquifer
<
Marl orange marl Aquiclude
Dammam
Porous, Zone B
Khobar vugular Aquifer
detrital
Limestone
a
O
LLl Alveolina Lms Limostone
Saila Shalo and Aquiclude
Mldra Shale Fissile Shales
>• Hard, porous o
limestones
•s Rus and dolomites :§
a> with gypsum
I— and anhydrite < c

Hard, porous
Umm detrital Zone C
as limestone Aquifer
er-Radhuma and
s dolomite
o
*
a.

Figure 21: Stratigraphic Column for Eastern Arabia
(Adapted from Italconsult 1971)
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