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Main source = Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian) Translated to English by the GeoGPT group, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, China--see About

Guliob Formation

Guliob Fm

Period:

Paleogene

Age Interval:

Upper Eocene (Priabonian), B1a

Province:
Bukhara-SW Gissar

Type Locality and Naming

By the village of Gulio, Southwestern Gissar. A.A. Abdusamatov, 1989 (Decision of the Paleogene System Commission of Central Asia RMSK, 1989). Stratotype in the area of the village of Gulio.

Synonym: Guliob Suite, Гулиобская св, Gulioy Fm

Lithology and Thickness

Greenish-gray clays, red-brown in the upper part. Up to 80 m.

Lithology Pattern:

Claystone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Conformably overlies the Malanddaryin Fm and Rishtan Fm

Upper contact

It is overlain with erosion by Neogene deposits.

Regional extent

Southwestern Gissar, Mt. Babatag. To the west, the lower part of the suite is facially replaced by dark gray, black clays and argillites of the Malanddaryin Fm.

GeoJSON

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Fossils

Contains marine bivalve mollusks - Nuculana crispata Koen., Pecten karadarjensis Korob., Astarte chanabadica Makar., Aralocardia Mica Ovetsch., Gari fischeri Heb. et Ren.; foraminifera - Cyclammina pseudocancellata Chal., Gyroidinoides ukrainicus (Maslak.), Eponides jacksonensis (Cushm.), Anomalina acutataurica Saml., A. affinis (Hant.), Globigerapsis tropicalis Blow. et Bann., Bolivina asiatica Moros., Neobulimina fraudulenta Subb.

Age

Belongs to the upper Eocene (Priabonian stage).

Age Span:

Beginning stage:

Priabonian

Fraction up in beginning stage:

0.0

Beginning date (Ma):

37.71

Ending stage:

Priabonian

Fraction up in the ending stage:

1.0

Ending date (Ma):

33.90

Depositional setting

Depositional pattern:

Additional Information

Compiler:

A.A. Abbusamatov – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”