Kepeli Fm
Period:
Quaternary
Age Interval:
Eopleistocene (Gelasian), F4
Province:
Fergana
Type Locality and Naming
Along the Kepeli ravine, Fergana. M.N. Gramm, 1958 (467, p.171).
Synonym: Kepeliy Suite, Кегелийская св.
Lithology and Thickness
Conglomerates, gray gravelites with interlayers of clays, siltstone (aleurolites), and light-brown sandstones. Thickness 792m (Akbel-Akchop-Supetau) to 2470m (Sumsar-Maylisay).
Lithology Pattern:
Aus Conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Lies with erosion on the Akchop Fm
Upper contact
It is overlain by the Ispisar Fm, sometimes with angular unconformity.
Regional extent
Fergana Valley. Corresponds to the suite B2, C1 and C2 of N.P. Vasilkovsky (126). Syn.: Bactrian series (166; 382; 444.).
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Eopleistocene (Gelasian)
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Gelasian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
2.58
Ending stage:
Gelasian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
1.80
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
M.V. Mikulin – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”