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Sharikhan Formation

Sharikhan Fm


Period: 
Cretaceous

Age Interval: 
Upper Albian - Lower Cenomanian, F3


Province: 
Fergana

Type Locality and Naming

Along the Sharihan oil field, Fergana. N.A. Dudko, A.M. Khoturov in 1957 (417, p.59). Stratotype not specified.

Synonym: Sharikhan Suite, Шариханская св.


Lithology and Thickness

Red conglomerates, gravels, sandstones, and clays. Thickness 20-90m.


Lithology Pattern: 
Aus Conglomerate


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Lies conformably on the Alamyshik Fm

Upper contact

It is conformably overlain by the Karaalmin Fm

Regional extent

Northern Fergana, well.


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Conditionally attributed to the Upper Albian - Lower Cenomanian; in the Strat. layers (446) - to the Lower Cenomanian; in (452) - to the Albian - Middle Cenomanian.

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Albian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.75

    Beginning date (Ma): 
103.68

    Ending stage: 
Cenomanian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.4

    Ending date (Ma):  
97.86

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)"