Gazdagan Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Latest Cenomanian (K21), Ak-Ra1
Province:
East Tajik (NE Pamir)
Type Locality and Naming
Includes in Akbaital-Rangkul region
Synonym: Gazdagansky horizon, газдаганинскому горизонту
Reference section:
Lithology and Thickness
Dark gray clays, 30 m thick with interlayers of limestones.
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Schematic stratigraphic column indicates the next formation as Shorbel Fm
Upper contact
Schematic stratigraphic column indicates the next formation as Turonian strata
Regional extent
In the Sarykolsky district of the Northern Pamir, the Upper Cretaceous forms the largest exposures and is most studied in the valley of the Kyzyljik river and along the northern rim of the Rangkul lake basin.
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Fossils
Age
Latest Cenomanian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.8
Beginning date (Ma):
95.22
Ending stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
93.90
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.