Imbrik Fm
Period:
Permian, Triassic
Age Interval:
Wuchiapingian – Olenekian, T1
Province:
Turkey
Type Locality and Naming
Column: SE Turkey
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Carbonate?
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Belek Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates this is the youngest unit in SE Turkey
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Wuchiapingian – Olenekian. Placed 50% up the Early Triassic for display purposes.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Wuchiapingian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.2
Beginning date (Ma):
258.49
Ending stage:
Olenekian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.2
Ending date (Ma):
249.24
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006. pg 92, Fig. 8-1: "Stratigraphic correlation of megasequences AP1 to AP5 for Iraq and surrounding countries."