Zafarabad Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Upper Bashkirian, N8
Province:
Nuratau
Type Locality and Naming
Along the village of Zafarobad, western end of the Southern Nuratau Ridge. N.I. Poznyakov et al., 1989.
Synonym: Zafarobadskaya Suite, Зафаробадская св.
Lithology and Thickness
Dark gray, thin to medium-bedded limestones. Thickness more than 100 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Lower boundary is tectonic
Upper contact
Upper boundary is normal-stratigraphic with Lower Moscovian formations.
Regional extent
Southern Nuratau, southern part of the Kokcha Mountains.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Contains late Bashkirian foraminifers Verella cf. spicata Dalm., Osawainella pararhomboidalis Man., Profusulinella staffellaeformis Kir., Pseudostaffella antiqua (Dutk.) and others.
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
319.28
Ending stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.9
Ending date (Ma):
315.98
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
V.S. Korsakov – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”