Zakuduk Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Upper Albian - Cenomanian, K7a
Province:
Kyzylkum Region
Type Locality and Naming
Along the village of Zakuduk, Central K. Stratotype not specified.
Synonym: Zakuduk Suite, Захкудукская св.
Lithology and Thickness
Continental t. conglomerates, sandstones, siltstone (aleurolites), and clays of variegated color. Thickness 10-80m.
Lithology Pattern:
Aus Conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Overlies transgressively on Albian or weathering crust of Paleozoic rocks
Upper contact
It is overlain transgressively by the Sarbatyr-Cret Fm.
Regional extent
Auminzatau, Kuldzhuktau, Bukantau, Zirabulak-Ziaetdinsky Mountains.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
According to A., it belongs to the Cenomanian, According to I.M. Abdouazimova, to the upper Albian - Cenomanian.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Albian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.7
Beginning date (Ma):
104.31
Ending stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
97.20
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
I.M. Abdouazimova – In: GeoGPT translation of: “Abduazimova, Z.M. (Ed.), 2001. Stratigraphic Dictionary of Uzbekistan. IMR (Institute of Mineral Resources), Tashkent, 580 pp. (In Russian)”