Tepalik Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Middle-Upper Carboniferous, Z5
Province:
Zarafshan-N.Gissar
Type Locality and Naming
Along the village of Tepalik, Zirabulak-Ziaetdin Mountains. E.I. Barkovskaya et al., 1967f.; (460, p. 207).
Synonym: Tepalikskaya Suite, Тепаликская св.
Lithology and Thickness
Conglomerates, gravellites, sandstones, siltstone (aleurolites), clayey slates. Thickness 220-550m.
Lithology Pattern:
Aus Conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
With angular unconformity, it overlies the Tymsay Fm
Upper contact
The upper boundary is unknown
Regional extent
Eastern part of the Zirabulak Mountains. The most complete section is there.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Contains plant remains - Calamites sp., Artisia sp., Lepidodendron sp., Stigmaria sp., Sigillaria sp. (Heifetz et al., 1967f.; Barkovskaya et al., 1967f.).
Age
Attributed to the middle-upper Carboniferous (460). In the monograph (165), the Tepalik Fm is attributed to the Visean-Serpukhovian stage of the lower Carboniferous.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Visean
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.1
Beginning date (Ma):
345.09
Ending stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
323.40
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
B.B. Muxaŭlov – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”