Kandyrsay Formation

Kandyrsay Fm

Period:

Quaternary

Age Interval:

Eopleistocene, CK10

Province:
Chatkal-Kuramin Region

Type Locality and Naming

In Kandyrsay, Angren River valley. L.D. Anpleeva, A.A. Bukharinav in 1977 (Koloyarov et al., 1977). Stratotype at Kandyrsay.

Synonym: Kandyrsayskaya Svita, Кандыпсайская св.

Lithology and Thickness

Alluvial-proluvial brownish-gray conglomerates, gravelites, sandstones, and lensoid interbedded with each other. In the upper reaches of the Angren, Chatkal basin, and along the Aksakate River, the section is represented by brownish and brownish-gray conglomerates, gravelites, sandstones, and siltstone (aleurolites). Thickness 80-400 m.

Lithology Pattern:

Aus Conglomerate

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

With erosion, it lies on the Gidzhal Fm

Upper contact

is conformably overlain by Turasay or Neopleistocene deposits.

Regional extent

Valleys of the Angren and Chirchik rivers.

GeoJSON

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Fossils

Contains mammals - Cervus elaphus, Cazella sp. (in the Beldersay locality, opposite the village of Karamazar) (145; 193); ostracods - Candona neglecta Sars., C. rastrata Br. et Norman., C. sp., C. combila Liv., Candoniella pellucida Schn., C. sp., C. schubinae Mand., Cyclocypris bocvis (Müll.), Darwinula sp., Eucypris similis Schn., Limnocythere sp.

Age

Age Span:

Beginning stage:

Gelasian

Fraction up in beginning stage:

0.5

Beginning date (Ma):

2.19

Ending stage:

Gelasian

Fraction up in the ending stage:

0.9

Ending date (Ma):

1.88

Depositional setting

Depositional pattern:

Additional Information

Compiler:

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