Safetdarak Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Late Carboniferous (C3?sf), C2, C2a
Province:
Central W Tajik
Type Locality and Naming
Includes in Dushanbe-west Shirkent-Luchob, east Shirkent-Luchob. It was distinguished in 1963 by V.A. Tarasov, poorly studied.
Synonym: Safetdarak suite
Reference section:
Lithology and Thickness
Composed of variegated dacites, liparites, trachydacites, quartz latites, rhyolites, sandstones, and conglomerates. Incomplete thickness is 500 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Aus Conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Contacts with older rocks are tectonic.
Upper contact
It is overlain with an angular unconformity by the volcanics of the lower Permian? Luchob Fm (лучобской свиты).
Regional extent
It is distributed in the South Gissar region. It represents a volcanic facies of the hypabyssal intrusions of the Diamalik Gr.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Organic remains have not been found in it.
Age
It represents a volcanic facies of the hypabyssal intrusions of the Diamalik complex, the age of which is considered to be late Carboniferous. On this basis, and by its position in the section, the age of the suite is conditionally determined as late Carboniferous.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Kasimovian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
307.02
Ending stage:
Gzhelian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
298.89
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Extracted from Baratov, R. B. (1976). Subdivisions of stratified and intrusive rocks of Tajikistan. Donish, Dushanbe, 276.