Sangard Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Turonian, B2
Province:
Bukhara-SW Gissar
Type Locality and Naming
Named after the Sangardak River, South Gissar. M.R. Jalilov, 1968 (190, p.43). Stratotype in the middle course of the Sangardak River, in the area of the Nilu (Nilyu) village. Included in the Muzrabat Horizon (56; 190; 452).
Synonym: Sangardak Suite, Сангардская св., Sangardak Fm
Lithology and Thickness
Malachite-colored siltstones, polymictic breccias. Thickness 5-15m
Lithology Pattern:
Siltstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformably overlies the Dasgiryak Fm
Upper contact
Conformably overlain by the Nilyu Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Conditionally assigned to the upper Turonian.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
91.65
Ending stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.7
Ending date (Ma):
90.74
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
I.M. Abdugazimova – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”