Nichkesay Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Campanian-Maastrichtian(?), F3
Province:
Fergana
Type Locality and Naming
Along the river Nichkesay, right tributary of the river Karaungur, Fergana. N.N. Verzilin, 1962 (139, p. 75). Stratotype in the area of the river Nichkesay. Uppermost Formation in the Varzyk Gr
Synonym: Nichkesayskaya Suite, Ничкесайская св.
Lithology and Thickness
Red quartz-slate sandstones, clays with layers and nodules of limestones and dolomites. Thickness 18-110 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy_claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformably overlies the Yalovach Fm
Upper contact
Conformably overlain by the Paleogene
Regional extent
Northeast and North Fergana.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Conditionally belongs to the Campanian - Maastrichtian; Along N.N. Verzilin (140), -to the upper Santonian - Danian.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Campanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
83.65
Ending stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
66.04
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
I.M. Abdazimova – In: GeoGPT translation of: ”Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)"