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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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Dzhankaindy Formation
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Dzhankaindy Fm base reconstruction

Dzhankaindy Fm


Period: 
Triassic

Age Interval: 
Carnian-Rhaetian (T3 dz), BMP1; P1


Province: 
East Tajik (Central Pamir)

Type Locality and Naming

Includes in Bozbaital horst - Murghab basin, Karasu silver-Pangazdjilga thrust sheet

Synonym: Jankaikindinskaya suite, Jankaikindin Fm

Reference section:


Lithology and Thickness

The lithology column of Rutte et al., 2017 indicates Shale, sandstone, siltstone, conglomerate, marble, red and black chert, ep + chl + cal-schists


Lithology Pattern: 
Clayey sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

The schematic stratigraphic column indicates the lower contact as Zorkaindin Fm

Upper contact

It lies conformably on the Murkallin Fm

Regional extent

It is widespread in the eastern part of the Central Pamir.


GeoJSON

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Fossils

Detrital plant fossils


Age 

Carnian-Rhaetian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Carnian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
237.00

    Ending stage: 
Rhaetian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
201.36

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Extracted from Rutte, D., L. Ratschbacher, S. Schneider, K. Stübner, M. A. Stearns, M. A. Gulzar, and B. R. Hacker (2017), Building the Pamir-Tibetan Plateau—Crustal stacking, extensional collapse, and lateral extrusion in the Central Pamir: 1. Geometry and kinematics, Tectonics, 36, 342–384, doi:10.1002/2016TC004293, Extracted from Baratov, R. B. (1976). Subdivisions of stratified and intrusive rocks of Tajikistan. Donish, Dushanbe, 276.