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Yiginli Formation
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Yiginli Fm base reconstruction

Yiginli Fm


Period: 
Devonian

Age Interval: 
Eifelian – Givetian, T1


Province: 
Turkey

Type Locality and Naming

Column: SE Turkey

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Equivalent to the Pirispiki Volcanic Fm in Iran (which is massive, cross-bedded quartzites with lenticular intercalations of green igneous conglomerates.)


Lithology Pattern: 
Volcanics


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Dadas Fm

Upper contact

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

Regional extent

Equivalent to the Pirispiki Volcanic Fm in Iran


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Eifelian – Givetian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Eifelian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.7

    Beginning date (Ma): 
388.00

    Ending stage: 
Givetian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.6

    Ending date (Ma):  
381.46

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."