Karatag Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Upper Paleocene; K1, D1, S5
Province:
SW Tajik, North Tajik
Type Locality and Naming
Includes in Khation Region, Darvaz District, and Sughd Region
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Grey calcareous mudstones, marls and muddy limestones, 0 to 40 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Shallow-marine marl
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Overlies the dolomite and gypsum at the top of the Arukfan Fm.
Upper contact
Underlies the claystone of the Givar Fm.
Regional extent
Afghan-Tajik Basin.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Upper Paleocene; placed as Thanetian for graphic purposes
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Thanetian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
59.24
Ending stage:
Thanetian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
56.00
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Bosboom, R., Mandic, O., Dupont‐Nivet, G., Proust, J. N., Ormukov, C., & Aminov, J. (2017). Late Eocene palaeogeography of the proto‐Paratethys Sea in Central Asia (NW China, southern Kyrgyzstan and SW Tajikistan). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 427, 565–588. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP427.11.