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Gurpi Formation
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Gurpi Fm base reconstruction

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