Tekebel Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Upper Cretaceous (lower Campanian), F9d
Province:
Fergana
Type Locality and Naming
Along the village of Tekebel, W. Fergana. O.S. Vyazlov, 1945 (154, p.129, 131). Stratotype not specified.
Synonym: Tekyabel suite, Tekebel Suite, Tekebel Red Sands and Clays Horizon
Lithology and Thickness
Interbedding of red, green clays, sandstones, marls, dolomites, and gypsum. Thickness 20-70m.
Lithology Pattern:
Shallow-marine marl
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Lies conformably on the Agaaral Fm
Upper contact
It is overlain by the radiolarian horizon.
Regional extent
W. Fergana, Naucat Basin, southern districts of the western foothills of the Fergana Range.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Belongs to the lower Campanian. (56; 157; 361; 416).
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Campanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.4
Beginning date (Ma):
79.06
Ending stage:
Campanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.8
Ending date (Ma):
74.47
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)"