Ghezel Ghale Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Serpukhovian – Moscovian, Ir4
Province:
Iran
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Iran NW - Alborz
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Sandstone and Limestone.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Mobarak Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates this is the youngest unit
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Serpukhovian – Moscovian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
330.34
Ending stage:
Moscovian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.9
Ending date (Ma):
307.83
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4