Sarchahan Fm
Period:
Silurian
Age Interval:
Rhuddanian – Telychian, Ir1
Province:
Iran
Type Locality and Naming
Column: Zagros belt (general)
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Claystone
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Seyahou Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Zakeen Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Rhuddanian – Telychian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
443.07
Ending stage:
Telychian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
432.93
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4