Lower Red Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Bartonian – Rupelian, Ir1
Province:
Iran
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Zagros belt (general)
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Red and greenish silty shales, gypsiferous marls, reddish sandstones, gypsum layers, volcanic flows, and pyroclastics. Contains thick bodies of rock salt. Max thickness known is 1000m.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy_claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Padeh-Jahrum Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Qom Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Unfossiliferous.
Age
Bartonian – Rupelian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Bartonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.9
Beginning date (Ma):
38.04
Ending stage:
Rupelian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.55
Ending date (Ma):
30.26
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4. Union Internationale Des Sciences Geologiques pg. 151-152.