Turkestan Horizon Gr

Neogene

Paleogene

Cretaceous

Jurassic

Triassic

Permian

Carboniferous

Devonian

Silurian

Ordovician

Cambrian

Neoproterozoic

Mesoproterozoic

Paleoproterozoic

Main source = Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian) Translated to English by the GeoGPT group, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, China--see About

Turkestan Horizon Gr

Period:

Paleogene

Age Interval:

Middle Eocene (Lutetian-Bartonian), F8

Province:
Fergana

Type Locality and Naming

Along the Turkestan suite, Fergana. A.A. Abdusamatov et al., 1988. Unites Alay Fm, Syrenyatin Fm, Turkestan Fm, Rishkan Fm, Malanddarin Fm.

Synonym: Turkestan Horizon, Туркестанский гор.

Reference section:

Lithology and Thickness

Gray, light-gray sandstones, limestones; green, tobacco-green clays. Thickness 380m.

Lithology Pattern:

Sandy limestone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Conformably overlies the Suzak horizon

Upper contact

Conformably overlain by the Kushan horizon

Regional extent

Fergana Depression, South of Gissar, Prishchekent District. Correlated with the Kuberdin and Kum Mountains of South Uzbekistan.

GeoJSON

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Fossils

Characterized by a complex of marine bivalve mollusks - Ostrea turkestanensis Rom., O. pseudobellovacina Kachan., Lucina consobrina Desh., Pitar gumberensis Arch., Cardium porulosum Sol., Tellina ziddiensis Kachan. and others; foraminifera - Bermudesina pseudonavarroana (Balakhm.), Discorbis ferganensis N. Byk., Acarinina bullbrooki Bolli. in the lower part; marine bivalve mollusks - Pleurodon baskarensis Korob. et Makar., Chlamys vialovi Korob., Fatina böhmi Vial., Liostrea kokanensis Sok., Lucina menardi Desh., Cardium porulosum Desh., Pitar laevigata Lam., Panope oppenheimi Korob. and others; foraminifera Discorbis ferganensis N. Byk., Eponides Jacksonensis Cushm., Acarinina rotundimarginata Subb., Uvigerina costellata Moroz. in the middle part and marine bivalve mollusks - Ostrea simplex Desh., Platigena asiatica Rom., Pitar gumberensis Arch. and others; foraminifera - Popovia rugosa Sul., Gaudryina superturkestanica N. Byk., Discorbis ferganensis N. Byk., Asianella vialovi N. Byk., Caucasinella pseudoelongata (N. Byk.) in the upper part.

Age

Middle Eocene (Lutetian-Bartonian)

Age Span:

Beginning stage:

Lutetian

Fraction up in beginning stage:

0.0

Beginning date (Ma):

48.07

Ending stage:

Bartonian

Fraction up in the ending stage:

1.0

Ending date (Ma):

37.71

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)"