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Main source = Baratov, R.B., et al. (1976). Subdivisions of stratified and intrusive rocks of Tajikistan. Publishing House "Donish", Dushanbe, 269 pp. plus tables. Provided by Dr. Jovid Aminov, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan Translated to English by the GeoGPT group, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, China--see About

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Dzhangadzhir Formation

Dzhangadzhir Fm

Period:

Permian

Age Interval:

Lower Permian (P_1-2dj), Ka1

Province:
NE corner Tajik

Type Locality and Naming

Identified in 1968 by E. F. Roman'ko and E. S. Chernykh.

Synonym: Dzhangadzhir suite,Джингаджирckая свита, Alternate English spelling (Dz = j) = Jingadjir Fm?

Reference section:

Lithology and Thickness

Composed of dark gray clayey shales, sandstones, and limestones, forming packages up to 500 m thick. In addition to these, the suite contains a large number of lenses of greenstone diabases and andesite-diabases, as well as large bodies of light reef limestones up to bodies over 1000 m wide and more than 20 km long, into which terrigenous and volcanic rocks intrude like wedges. The incomplete thickness of the Dzhangadzhir Fm is 2000 m.

Lithology Pattern:

Sandy limestone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Upper contact

Regional extent

Common in the eastern part of the Karakul district. The Dzhangadzhir Fm (Джинrаджирская свита) is among the poorly studied geological objects of the Pamir.

GeoJSON

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Fossils

In its various parts, remains of fusulinids of the Karachatur horizon - Schwagerina sp.; of the Ulyuk horizon - Darvasites Ordinatus (Chen), Pseudofusulina cf. kraffti (Schellw. et Dyhr.); of the Kuberkandinsky - Misellina dyhrenfurthi (Dutk.), M. parvicostata (Depr.), Cancellina primigena Hayden, Armenina sp.; of the Murgab horizon - Polydiexodina darvasica Dutk., Verbeekina sp., Sumatrina sp., Afghanella sp., etc., have been found in many places.

Age

Lower Permian

Age Span:

Beginning stage:

Kungurian

Fraction up in beginning stage:

0.0

Beginning date (Ma):

283.30

Ending stage:

Kungurian

Fraction up in the ending stage:

1.0

Ending date (Ma):

274.37

Depositional setting

Depositional pattern:

Additional Information

Compiler:

Extracted from Baratov, R. B. (1976). Subdivisions of stratified and intrusive rocks of Tajikistan. Donish, Lakhsh district, 276.