Basarin Fm
Period:
Jurassic
Age Interval:
Kimmeridgian – Tithonian, Iq4
Province:
Iraq
Type Locality and Naming
Column: N Iraq
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Naokelekan Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Chia Gara Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Kimmeridgian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
152.01
Ending stage:
Tithonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.3
Ending date (Ma):
147.40
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:  
Additional Information
Compiler:
From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006. pg 117, Fig. 10-1: "Stratigraphic correlation of Megasequence AP7."