Sarbatyr-Cret Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Lower Turonian, K7a
Province:
Kyzylkum Region
Type Locality and Naming
Along the Sarbatur depression, Central Kyzylkum. M.E. Egamberdyev, 1963 (512, p.13). The stratigraphic name is not used. The name is reoccupied.
Synonym: Sarbatyr Suite, Сарбатырская св.
Lithology and Thickness
Gray-green clays with subordinate layers of sandstones and siltstone (aleurolites), with a basal conglomerate at the base. Up to 20-200m.
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Lies transgressively on the Cenomanian, Jurassic and Paleozoic.
Upper contact
Regional extent
Central Kyzylkum, Auminzatau, Kuldyktau, Bukantau, Tamdytau mountains; Zirabulak-Ziaetdin.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Contains foraminifera - Gaudryinopsis akrabatensis (Zhuk.), G. asiaticus (N. Byk.), Ammobaculites ex gr. fontinensis Terq.
Age
According to A, it belongs to the lower Turonian.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
93.90
Ending stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.4
Ending date (Ma):
92.10
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
I.M. Abdurazimova – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”