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."