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Kalshaneh Formation
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Kalshaneh Fm base reconstruction

Kalshaneh Fm


Period: 
Cambrian

Age Interval: 
Cambrian Stage 4 - Cambrian Stage 10, Ir2


Province: 
Iran

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Central Iran; Lowermost formation in Mila Gr

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Reservoir.


Lithology Pattern: 
Coarse-grained sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Lalun Fm

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Derenjal Fm

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Cambrian Stage 4 - Cambrian Stage 10

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Cambrian Stage 4

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.95

    Beginning date (Ma): 
509.28

    Ending stage: 
Cambrian Stage 10

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.8

    Ending date (Ma):  
487.68

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

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