Kushk Gr
Period:
Ediacaran, Cambrian
Age Interval:
Ediacaran – Fortunian, Ir2
Province:
Iran
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Central Iran
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Claystone and Coarse-grained sandstone.
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Basement
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Hasham Shale Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Ediacaran - Fortunian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Ediacaran
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
635.00
Ending stage:
Fortunian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.2
Ending date (Ma):
536.84
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4