Sulyuktin Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Upper Paleocene-Middle Eocene, F2
Province:
Fergana
Type Locality and Naming
Named after the village of Sulyukta, Fergana Valley. O.S. Vyalov, 1945 (153, p.125). Stratotype in the area of the village of Sulyukta. Initially identified as "Sulyuktinskaya sandstones", upper part of the " k " horizon of K.P. Kalitsky's scheme (213).
Synonym: Sulyuktinskaya Suite, Сулюктинская св.
Lithology and Thickness
Grey, light-grey, white, quartz-feldspar sandstones with interlayers of limestones. Thickness up to 53m.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Overlies the limestones of the Bukhara Fm
Regional extent
S., S.-W., E. Fergana.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Contains marine bivalve mollusks - Arctica morrisi Sow., Venericardia pectuncularis Lam., Cuccullaea Crassatina Lam., Glycymeris volgensis Barb.; gastropods - Rhinoclavis polistriatus Zubk.
Age
Upper Paleocene-Middle Eocene (Thanetian-Lutetian (lower). [To avoid age-span conflict, for schematic stratigraphic representation, the top is put at mid-Ypresian.]
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Thanetian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
57.62
Ending stage:
Ypresian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.1
Ending date (Ma):
55.21
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
A.A. Abdusamatov – In: GeoGPT translation of: ”Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)"