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Khushyeilagh Formation
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Khushyeilagh Fm base reconstruction

Khushyeilagh Fm


Period: 
Devonian, Carboniferous

Age Interval: 
Eifelian – Tournaisian, Ir4


Province: 
Iran

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Iran NW - Alborz

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Limestone and Claystone


Lithology Pattern: 
Limestone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

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

Upper contact

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

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Eifelian – Tournaisian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Eifelian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.6

    Beginning date (Ma): 
388.90

    Ending stage: 
Tournaisian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.2

    Ending date (Ma):  
356.79

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

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