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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

Karatepin-Carb Formation

Karatepin-Carb Fm

Period:

Carboniferous

Age Interval:

Middle-Upper Carboniferous, Z4

Province:
Zarafshan-N.Gissar

Type Locality and Naming

Along the Karatepa elevation, the southeastern part of the Kara-Tyube Mountains. V.S. Korsakov in 1990 (1993). Stratotype there. Previously, the Karatepin-Carb Fm was considered part of the Tepalik Fm (Korsakov et al., 1984).

Synonym: Karatepinian Suite, Каратеренская св.

Lithology and Thickness

Conglomerates, gravellites, sandstones, siltstone (aleurolites), clay slates, rhyolites, and their tuffs, lava breccias. Thickness 200-600 m.

Lithology Pattern:

Coarse-grained sandstone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

The lower contact is unclear

Upper contact

The upper contact is unknown (460).

Regional extent

Kara-Tyube Mountains. correlation with the Tepalik Fm of the Zirabulak-Ziaetdin Mountains and the Darahitisurkh suite of the Chakyly-Kalyan.

GeoJSON

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Fossils

Contains flora - Lepidodendron sp., Calamites sp.; foraminifers Parathurammina sp., Ammadiscus sp., Archaediscus ex gr. moelleri Raus., A. cf. krestovnikovi Raus.

Age

The Middle-Late Carboniferous age is accepted based on organic remains

Age Span:

Beginning stage:

Serpukhovian

Fraction up in beginning stage:

0.0

Beginning date (Ma):

330.34

Ending stage:

Moscovian

Fraction up in the ending stage:

1.0

Ending date (Ma):

307.02

Depositional setting

Depositional pattern:

Additional Information

Compiler:

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