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Zakeen Formation
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Zakeen Fm base reconstruction

Zakeen Fm


Period: 
Devonian

Age Interval: 
Lochkovian – Famennian, Ir1


Province: 
Iran

Type Locality and Naming

Column: Zagros belt (general)

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Sandstone.


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

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

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Chal-e Shah Fm

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Lochkovian – Famennian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Lochkovian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
419.00

    Ending stage: 
Famennian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
359.30

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Middle East Geological Timescale 2008 Al-Husseini, Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences v 13, no. 4