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Main source = Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian) Translated to English by the GeoGPT group, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, China--see About

Ramazan Formation

Ramazan Fm

Period:

Carboniferous

Age Interval:

lower Moscovian, N5a

Province:
Nuratau

Type Locality and Naming

Along Mount Ramazan, Turkestan Range. 3. S. Rumyantseva, 1973 (387, p. 79). Stratotype on the southern slope of Mount Ramazan.

Synonym: Ramazan Suite, Рамазанская св.

Lithology and Thickness

According to A., - light gray algal-foraminiferal massive-bedded limestones. At the base of the stratotype, p. (thickness up to 4 m) thin-bedded ferruginous limestones, interbedded with red bauxite-like rocks. Thickness up to 90m.

Lithology Pattern:

Limestone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Transgressively overlies the limestones of the Akbulak-Carb Fm

Upper contact

It is conformably overlain by the Tamchisay Fm (165).

Regional extent

Northern slope of the Turkestan Range, Malguzar Mountains.

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Fossils

Contains foraminifera - Eostaffella lepida Grozd. et Leb., E. mutabilis Raus., E. acuta Grozd. et Leb., Novella pulchraPot., Schubertella gracilis znensis Raus., S. acuta Kir., Ozawainella cf. mosquensis Raus., O. umbonata Brazhn., Profusulinella prolibrovichi Raus., P. subovata Saf. and others, brachiopods - Choristites ex gr. mosquensis Fisch., C. cf. priscus Eichw., characterizing the deposits of the lower substage of the Moscovian stage.

Age

lower Moscovian

Age Span:

Beginning stage:

Bashkirian

Fraction up in beginning stage:

0.9

Beginning date (Ma):

315.98

Ending stage:

Moscovian

Fraction up in the ending stage:

0.3

Ending date (Ma):

312.71

Depositional setting

Depositional pattern:

Additional Information

Compiler:

Z.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)”