Beltau-Cret Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Upper Turonian, K7a
Province:
Kyzylkum Region
Type Locality and Naming
Along the Beltau Mountains, Central Kyzylkum. M.E. Egamberdyev, 1963 (512, p.14). Stratotype not specified. The term is not used due to the uncertainty of the span.
Synonym: Beltau Suite, Бельтауская св.
Lithology and Thickness
Celestine-bearing light yellow, red sandstones with clay interlayers. Thickness 0-45m.
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
It lies with erosion on the Bukhaikak Fm.
Upper contact
Regional extent
Central Kyzylkum, Beltau Mountains, Auminzatau, Kuldyktau, Bukantau, Tamdytau.
GeoJSON
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Age
It is attributed to the upper Turonian.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.7
Beginning date (Ma):
90.74
Ending stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
89.39
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
I.M. Abdazimova – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”