Zorkindik Fm
Period:
Jurassic
Age Interval:
Early Callovian - Middle Kimmeridgian (J3), M2
Province:
SE Tajik (SE Pamir)
Type Locality and Naming
Includes in SE Murghab district (Istyk type Dunkeldyk area)
Synonym: Zorkindik suite, Зоркиндыкская свита
Reference section:
Lithology and Thickness
It is made of greenish-yellow-gray marls
Lithology Pattern:
Shallow-marine marl
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Schematic stratigraphic column indicates the lower contact as Kytatyr Fm
Upper contact
Schematic stratigraphic column indicates the upper contact as Dunkeldyk Fm
Regional extent
It is widespread in the Southeast Pamir in the Istyk type Dunkeldyk area.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
with numerous remains of Early Callovian cephalopods - Posidonia buchi Ro.
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Callovian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.3
Beginning date (Ma):
164.16
Ending stage:
Kimmeridgian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.4
Ending date (Ma):
152.56
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Extracted from Baratov, R. B. (1976). Subdivisions of stratified and intrusive rocks of Tajikistan. Donish, Dushanbe, 276.