Chattian

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Chattian

[′chad·ē·ən]

(geology)

Upper Oligocene geologic time. Also known as Casselian.

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The first roof collapsed in Chattian. The house belongs to Malik Amin.

Three killed, four injured in roof collapses in Abbottabad

Separately, another roof collapsed in Chattian area.

Three killed, four injured in roof collapse incidents in Abbottabad

The very base of the Chattian is characterized by the bloom of the benthic foraminifer Asterigerinoides guerichi (>70%).

LITHOFACIES AND BIO STRATIGRAPHY OF NARI FORMATION AROUND THANA BULA KHAN, LOWER INDUS BASIN, SINDH, PAKISTAN

RAWALPINDI -- The 9th Muharram procession was taken out from Fatmia Chattian Hattian and culminated after passing through traditional routes at Imambargah Colonel Maqbool Hussain here on Saturday.

9th Muharram procession culminates peacefully

Time interval: Fruits and utricles reported from the LateOligocene (Chattian).

A commented synopsis of the pre-pleistocene fossil record of Carex (Cyperaceae)

During the Oligocene, the evolution of the Fushun Basin came to an end while in the Huadian and Meihe basins it ceased in the Middle Rupelian and Chattian, respectively.

Accumulation stages and evolution characteristics of oil shale and coal in the Dunhua-Mishan Fault Zone, Northeast China

The assemblage is considered to be Chattian in age.

Facies distribution, paleoecology and sedimentary environment of the oligocene-miocene (Asmari formation) deposits, in Qeshm Island, SE Persian Gulf

During the Oligocene (Chattian) a great channel connecting the Mediterranean and the dominion Indian-Pacific through the South of Iran was formed, separating Mica and Euro-Asia.

Paleontological study of the echinoderms in the Qom formation

Here with me are my sister Chattian, 18; my brother, Michael, 15; and our mother.