Sosink Fm
Period:
Cambrian
Age Interval:
Guzhangian – Jiangshanian, T1
Province:
Turkey
Type Locality and Naming
Column: SE Turkey
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Comprises fine-grained deltaic clastics (Carter and Tunbridge, 1992).
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Koruk Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Amud Fm
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Guzhangian – Jiangshanian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Guzhangian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
498.75
Ending stage:
Jiangshanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.8
Ending date (Ma):
491.64
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."