Edom Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Priabonian – Rupelian (P? ed), Sh1
Province:
SE Tajik (SW Pamir)
Type Locality and Naming
Includes in Shadarlan and Schugnan ranges
Synonym: Edomskaya Suite, Едомская свита
Reference section:
Lithology and Thickness
It consists of red-colored conglomerates and sandstones with rare layers of siltstones and clays. The incomplete thickness is 600 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Aus Conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
It lies with a sharp angular unconformity on the gneisses of the Archean Shakhdar Fm (шахдаринской серии) and on the granitoids of the Early Cretaceous Pamir-Shugnan Gr, containing fragments of both.
Upper contact
The overlying strata are unknown.
Regional extent
It is widespread in the Southwest Pamir.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
In the Edom Fm (едомской свите), spores and pollen of an Eocene and Oligocene appearance (Budanova, 1964b) have been found.
Age
On the basis of fossil data, the age of the Fm is conditionally determined. Hence it is considered as Priabonian – Rupelian for schematic stratigraphic column purpose.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Priabonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.8
Beginning date (Ma):
34.67
Ending stage:
Rupelian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.2
Ending date (Ma):
32.58
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Extracted from Baratov, R. B. (1976). Subdivisions of stratified and intrusive rocks of Tajikistan. Donish, Dushanbe, 276.