Kayruba Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Upper Pliocene, K1, S5
Province:
SW Tajik, North Tajik
Type Locality and Naming
Includes in Khation Region, Sughd Region. (Lskutov et al., 1971) were distinguished in the Kulab district on a small territory between the villages of Bol'dzhu'an and Khovaling in the basin of the Tira, Kuruksay, and Obimazar rivers. Lower Fm in Kulyab Gr
Synonym: Kayruba suite, кайрубакская свиты
Lithology and Thickness
The upper, Kayrubakska - gravels and clays with a thickness of 100 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Locally overlies the Kuruksay Fm (mid-Pliocene).
Upper contact
The Kayruba Fm is overlain at an angular unconformity by Middle Pleistocene and younger formations.
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Piacenzian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Piacenzian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
3.09
Ending stage:
Piacenzian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
2.58
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Extracted from Baratov, R. B. (1976). Subdivisions of stratified and intrusive rocks of Tajikistan. Donish, Dushanbe, 276.