Belek Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Tournaisian, T1
Province:
Turkey
Type Locality and Naming
Column: SE Turkey
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Carbonate.
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Koprulu Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Imbrik Fm
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Tournaisian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.2
Beginning date (Ma):
356.79
Ending stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.7
Ending date (Ma):
350.50
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006. pg 92, Fig. 8-1: "Stratigraphic correlation of megasequences AP1 to AP5 for Iraq and surrounding countries."