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Gushkamar Gr

Gushkamar Gr


Period: 
Silurian, Devonian

Age Interval: 
Rhuddanian – Emsian, Ir2


Province: 
Iran

Type Locality and Naming

It is divided into the upward succession of the Niur Fm and Padeha Fm.

Column: Central Iran

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Niur Fm (coral limestone) and Padeha Fm (sandstone)


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandy limestone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Mila Gr (Shirgesht Fm)

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Sibzar Fm (Ozbak Kuh Gr)

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Rhuddanian - Emsian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Rhuddanian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.4

    Beginning date (Ma): 
442.04

    Ending stage: 
Emsian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.95

    Ending date (Ma):  
395.11

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4