Kharangon Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
lower Cenomanian, B2
Province:
Bukhara-SW Gissar
Type Locality and Naming
Along the village of Kharangon, South Gissar. M.R. Jalilov, 1968 (190, p.43). Stratotype near the village of Kharangon. Included in the Karikansay Mountain (56; 189; 452).
Synonym: Kharangon Suite, Харангонская св., Harangon Fm
Lithology and Thickness
Gray, greenish-gray sandstones, gray sandy clays, mottled with layers of siltstone (aleurolites) and marls. Thickness 58-70m.
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformably overlies the Duobak Fm
Upper contact
It is conformably overlain by the Tagarin Fm.
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Conditionally assigned to the lower Santonian [probably Lower Cenomanian was meant based on age of units above/below!], in the Stratigraphic Lexicon (446) - to the Santonian.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.25
Beginning date (Ma):
98.85
Ending stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.3
Ending date (Ma):
98.52
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Z.M.Abdouazimova – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”