Gurpi Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Campanian, Ir (1,3)
Province:
Iran
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Zagros belt (general),
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
In Zagros Basin, 1050 feet of low-lying, dark bluish gray, marine marl and shale with subordinate marly limestone.
Lithology Pattern:
Pelagic marl
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Ilam Fm in Zagros Basin.
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Tarbur Fm in Zagros Basin.
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Campanian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Campanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.13
Beginning date (Ma):
82.16
Ending stage:
Campanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.92
Ending date (Ma):
73.09
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 2216