Turasay Fm
Period:
Quaternary
Age Interval:
Early Pleistocene (upper link) - Late Pleistocene (lower link), CK10
Province:
Chatkal-Kuramin Region
Type Locality and Naming
Along the Turasai, upper course of the Angren River. L.D. Anpleeva, A.A. Bukharina, V.F. Trinin, 1977 (Koloyarov, 1977). In the stratotype on the right bank of the Turasai River.
Synonym: Turasai Suite, Турасайская св.
Lithology and Thickness
Large pebble conglomerates with boulders, weakly cemented, light yellow-gray, occasionally sandstones with gravel, pebbles. Thickness 101m.
Lithology Pattern:
Aus Conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Lies on the Kandyrsay Fm with a gradual transition
Upper contact
It is overlain by younger Quaternary formations. The schematic stratigraphic column indicates Kumyshkan Fm
Regional extent
Angren Plateau, Angren Depression, Chatkal-Kuramin region, middle course of the Aksakaty River.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Organic remains not found.
Age
Age determined by position in the section.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Gelasian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.9
Beginning date (Ma):
1.88
Ending stage:
Calabrian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.2
Ending date (Ma):
1.59
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
M.V. Mikulin – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”