Sadan Fm
Period:
Cambrian
Age Interval:
Cambrian Stage 4 – Drumian, T1
Province:
Turkey
Type Locality and Naming
Column: SE Turkey
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Consists of sandstone with dolomite and chert beds.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Derik Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Koruk Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Cambrian Stage 4 – Drumian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
511.75
Ending stage:
Drumian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.1
Ending date (Ma):
504.10
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
From S. Z. Jassim and J. C. Goff, Geology of Iraq, 2006. pg 92, Fig. 8-1: "Stratigraphic correlation of megasequences AP1 to AP5 for Iraq and surrounding countries."