Akbulak-Cret Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Santonian, B2
Province:
Bukhara-SW Gissar
Type Locality and Naming
Along the Akbulak River, Aktau Range. A.Ya. Frolova, Yu.S. Yurtaev, A.Kh. Chanyshev, 1966 (479, p.300). Stratotype at the Akbulak spring. Enters the Kattakamysh Horizon
Synonym: Akbulak Suite, Акбулакская св.
Lithology and Thickness
Gray, dark-mauve clays with layers of green sandstones, white, pink gypsum, and rarely dolomites. Thickness 26-51m.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy_claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Lies conformably on the Kuruk Fm
Upper contact
conformably overlain by the Sarykamysh Fm
Regional extent
Southern Gissar, Babatag Range.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Conditionally belongs to the upper part of the Santonian.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Santonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
84.68
Ending stage:
Santonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
83.65
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
I.M. Abdurazimova – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”