Kyzylbelays Fm
Period:
Jurassic
Age Interval:
Hettangian (Jh-a), M1
Province:
SE Tajik (SE Pamir)
Type Locality and Naming
It is distinguished in SE Murghab district, Mynkhadzhir type section.
Synonym: Kyzylbelaysskaya suite (Кызылбелесская свита)
Reference section:
Lithology and Thickness
It is composed of red-colored sandstones and conglomerates. Thickness 0-50 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
It sharply unconformably lying on the Carbon-Triassic deposits.
Upper contact
Schematic stratigraphic column indicates the upper contact as Mynkhadzhir Fm
Regional extent
It is widespread in the Southeast Pamir.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Hettangian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Hettangian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
201.36
Ending stage:
Hettangian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
199.46
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Extracted from Baratov, R. B. (1976). Subdivisions of stratified and intrusive rocks of Tajikistan. Donish, Dushanbe, 276.