Fahliyan Fm
Period:
Jurassic, Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Tithonian – Hauterivian, Ir (1,3)
Province:
Iran
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Zagros belt (general), Column: Iran East
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
1200 feet of gray to brown, generally massive, oolitic to pellety limestone with minor contemporaneous brecciation in the basal part.
Lithology Pattern:
Oolitic limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Hith Anhydrite Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Gadvan Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Tithonian – Hauterivian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Tithonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.85
Beginning date (Ma):
144.02
Ending stage:
Hauterivian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
129.55
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4. James at. al., 1965, page 2200