Padeha Fm

Period:

Devonian

Age Interval:

Pragian – Eifelian, Ir4

Province:
Iran

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Iran NW - Alborz

Synonym:

Lithology and Thickness

Unfossiliferous unit of sandstone, dolomite, and gypsum.

Lithology Pattern:

Sandstone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Soltan Meidan Volcanics Fm

Upper contact

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

Regional extent

GeoJSON

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Fossils

Unfossiliferous

Age

Pragian – Eifelian

Age Span:

Beginning stage:

Pragian

Fraction up in beginning stage:

0.25

Beginning date (Ma):

411.93

Ending stage:

Eifelian

Fraction up in the ending stage:

0.6

Ending date (Ma):

388.90

Depositional setting

Depositional pattern:

Additional Information

Compiler:

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