Murzrabad Gr
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Pliocene, CK11
Province:
Chatkal-Kuramin Region
Type Locality and Naming
Along the Murzarabat River, Prishchekent District. F.P. Korsakov, 1965 (240, p.88). The term is used in a limited sense.
Synonym: Murzarabat Series, Murzabat Gr, Мурзарабадская сер.
Lithology and Thickness
Divided into two suites: a lower Belderesay Fm and an upper Aksakatay Fm. Thickness 300-700m.
Lithology Pattern:
Siltstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
It lies conformably, sometimes with erosion, on the Chirchik Gr, marine Paleogene, or Paleozoic
Upper contact
It is unconformably overlain by Quaternary deposits.
GeoJSON
null
Fossils
Contains bones of hipparion, rhinoceros, giraffe, antelope, and Stenon's horse.
Age
The age, according to A. (166) and in the Strat. sl. (444), is Pliocene; according to B.I. Pinhasov, is Late Pliocene-Eopleistocene. For schematic stratigraphic representation, it is considered Pliocene.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Zanclean
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
5.34
Ending stage:
Piacenzian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
2.58
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
B.I. Pinhasov – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”