Zortashkol Fm
Period:
Silurian
Age Interval:
Llandovery (S?zt), Z1
Province:
East Tajik (NE Pamir)
Type Locality and Naming
Synonym: Zortashkol Suite
Reference section:
Lithology and Thickness
Strat column indicates chlorite-sericite-albite schists, quartzite, lenses of conglomerate
Lithology Pattern:
Gneiss
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
This is the lowest formation in the Zortashkol thrust sheet
Upper contact
The schematic strat column indicates the upper formation as Sorkolska Fm
Regional extent
This unit is part of the Eastern Pamir Plateau. The Zortashkol thrust sheet (sometimes called the Zortashkul nappe) lies in the Rangkul–Shorkul area, NE Tajikistan, not far from the Karakul basin.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Llandovery
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
443.07
Ending stage:
Telychian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
432.93
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Extracted from Rutte, D., L. Ratschbacher, S. Schneider, K. Stübner, M. A. Stearns, M. A. Gulzar, and B. R. Hacker (2017), Building the Pamir-Tibetan Plateau—Crustal stacking, extensional collapse, and lateral extrusion in the Central Pamir: 1. Geometry and kinematics, Tectonics, 36, 342–384, doi:10.1002/2016TC004293.