Karakol Fm
Period:
Quaternary
Age Interval:
Neopleistocene Middle Link, U5
Province:
Ustyurt-Sultanuzdag
Type Locality and Naming
In the Karakol area, Kyzylkum. N.A. Kogay, 1959 (382, p.128).
Synonym: Karakol Suite, Каракольская св.
Lithology and Thickness
Proluvial gravel, sandy-loamy and gravel-pebble mixtures, locally gypsified. Thickness up to 11 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Aus conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Lies with erosion on the Aytym Fm of the Cretaceous and Paleozoic.
Upper contact
Schematic stratigraphic column indicates the upper contact as Khodzhakul-Quat Fm
Regional extent
Submontane proluvial plain at the northern slope of the Sultanuizdag ridge and surfaces corresponding to this level on the southern slopes. Correlated with the Karnab Gr of the Zarafshan and Kashkadarya river basins, the Nadkul-Kuduk Fm of Central Kyzylkum.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
The age of the suite is determined by geomorphological features as occupying a lower geomorphological level than the Knyazbulak Fm. In the Strat. Sl. (444) it is attributed to the complex of the Middle Quaternary age. Used in the stratigraphic scheme of Quaternary deposits (A.I. Kim et al., 2000).
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Calabrian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
1.80
Ending stage:
Calabrian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
0.77
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
T.M. Kremlyakova – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”