Papan Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
upper Pliocene (Piacenzian), F1
Province:
Fergana
Type Locality and Naming
By the village of Papan, Fergana, Kyrgyzstan. A.S. Telenkov, 1964 (468, p.84). The stratigraphic name is used limitedly.
Synonym: Papan Suite, Папанская св.
Reference section:
Lithology and Thickness
Reddish sandstones, siltstone (aleurolites), gravelites, conglomerates. Thickness 40-878m.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Lies unconformably on the Kaplankul Fm or Aldyr Fm
Upper contact
Overlain unconformably by the Akburin Fm
Regional extent
Fergana. Corresponds to the brown suite. In the 1st scheme of N.P. Vasilkovsky (126). Correlated with the Akchop suite of NW Fergana and the Tavildar suite of Darvaz (Tajikistan), (166)
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Contains ostracods - Eucypris pursugolensis Manel., E. vitabianus Schn., rhinoceros’ bones, hare, rodents, mastodon, hare, spores, and pollen.
Age
Age - early and middle Pliocene. B. I. Pinhasov refers to the late Pliocene. For schematic stratigraphic column representation, it is considered Piacenzian.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Piacenzian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
3.60
Ending stage:
Piacenzian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
2.58
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
B.P.P.Pinhasev – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”