Kattaburabel Formation

Kattaburabel Fm

Period:

Permian

Age Interval:

Lower Permian (Asselian), CK5a

Province:
Chatkal-Kuramin Region

Type Locality and Naming

Named after the Kattaburabel Pass, Chatkal Range. I.I. Voitovich, I.V. Garapko, et al. in 1965 (460, pp. 213-214).

Synonym: Kattaburabel Suite, Каттабурабельская св.

Lithology and Thickness

Polymictic conglomerates, conglomerate-breccias, gravelites, sandstones with lenses of limestones. Thickness 150 400m.

Lithology Pattern:

Aus Conglomerate

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Overlies transgressively on Lower Carboniferous limestones

Upper contact

Conformably overlain, sometimes with gradual transition, rarely with slight unconformity by the Kaensuy Fm

Regional extent

Chatkal Range, Kassan-Karaterek District.

GeoJSON

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Fossils

Contains Asselian foraminifers - Triticites vulgaris M.-Macl., Pseudoschwagerina velebitica Koch.-Dev., P. aff. muongthensis Depr., Occidentoschwagerina chatcalica Bensh, Pseudofusulina gregaria Lee; plant remains - Calamites aff. cistii Bron., Pecopteris cyathea (Schloth.), Cordaites principalis (Germ.) and others.

Age

Lower Permian (Asselian)

Age Span:

Beginning stage:

Asselian

Fraction up in beginning stage:

0.0

Beginning date (Ma):

298.89

Ending stage:

Asselian

Fraction up in the ending stage:

0.5

Ending date (Ma):

296.21

Depositional setting

Depositional pattern:

Additional Information

Compiler:

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