Kazhdoumi Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Aptian – Albian, Ir (1,3)
Province:
Iran
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Zagros belt (general), Column: Iran East
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
690 feet of dark bituminous shale with subordinate, dark, argillaceous limestone. Glauconite is common, particularly in the lower 300 feet. The basal 100 feet contains numerous red, oxidized zones.
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Dariyan Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Sarvak Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Aptian - Albian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Aptian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.75
Beginning date (Ma):
115.25
Ending stage:
Albian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.73
Ending date (Ma):
103.93
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 2207